Octopus Energy | Backlash as CEO says he 'has no HR department'

The Founder and CEO of a billion-pound firm has recently hit headlines after stating that his company ‘has no HR department’.

In a recent interview with the BBC, Greg Jackson, who heads up the UK start-up Octopus Energy, said he has no interest in traditional things such as HR or IT departments.

Additionally, Jackson said that there is a tendency for large employers to “infantilise” their staff members and “drown creative people in process and bureaucracy”.

The company boss said that, in his experience, HR and IT departments don’t boost staff happiness or productivity – which is why he said he doesn’t have them.