AI overload? What HR Tech 2025 got right (and wrong)

About this episode

In this episode, the host and guests discuss the impact of AI on HR Tech and the realities behind the hype.

At HR Tech 2025, AI stole the spotlight, but not everyone was convinced. Amid the hype and bold claims, HR and compensation professionals were asking tougher questions: What’s actually working? What’s just marketing? And how can AI really make their jobs easier? In this episode of Comp and Coffee, host Ruth Thomas sits down with Peh Keong Teh, Chief Product Officer at Payscale, Olivia Sedler, Product Manager at Payscale, and Mark Feffer, contributing analyst at 3Sixty Insights and editor of WorkforceAI.News and HCM Technology Report. Together, they cut through the noise from HR Tech, unpack what vendors got right and wrong, and discuss where AI can and cannot move the needle for HR and comp leaders today. Episode Resources: Pay trends report - https://www.payscale.com/featured-content/pay-trends-report How AI is reshaping your workforce - https://www.payscale.com/compensation-trends/how-ai-is-reshaping-your-workforce AI 101 - https://www.payscale.com/compensation-trends/ai-101-the-hr-and-compensation-starter-p[…]gn=brd_ai-blog-engagement_wv&utm_content=data_blg_ai-101_pst AI Webinar…

People in this episode

Host: Ruth Thomas

Guests: Peh Keong Teh, Olivia Sedler, Mark Feffer

Topics covered

• AI
• HR Tech
• compensation
• technology

Keywords

• HR professionals
• AI in HR
• compensation professionals

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Payscale

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