Junior Cecil | HR Grease

Junior Cecil

Systems person. Not an HR person. Writing the HRIS newsletter that should've existed.

Vendor headcount cuts aren't your vendor's problem. They're yours.

Sep 16, 2026

Vendor headcount cuts aren't your vendor's problem. They're yours.

The damage doesn't show up the day of the acquisition. It shows up three months later.

Treating RBAC as IT's problem is backwards (Role Based Access Control)

Aug 14, 2026

Treating RBAC as IT's problem is backwards (Role Based Access Control)

The 15-minute access audit most HRIS teams skip until it's too late.

Vendors keep shipping AI features. You're the one who cleans up after them.

Jul 13, 2026

Vendors keep shipping AI features. You're the one who cleans up after them.

"AI-powered" is a marketing claim, not a technical specification.

Manual reconciliation isn't saving you time. It's hiding exactly how much you're losing.

Jun 12, 2026

Manual reconciliation isn't saving you time. It's hiding exactly how much you're losing.

The real cost isn't the hours. It's the risk nobody can see.

Your HRIS passed implementation. It's been breaking ever since.

May 12, 2026

Your HRIS passed implementation. It's been breaking ever since.

Configuration drift is silent, slow, and expensive — and almost nobody talks about it.