Hiring, Culture and AI with Payslip Founder & CEO Fidelma McGuirk
Description
Barry Prost speaks with Fidelma McGuirk, Founder and CEO of Payslip. With 21 years of international leadership experience and teams built across 25 countries, Fidelma shares a practical look at hiring, culture and the real impact of AI on modern work.
We dive into:
• Why 58 percent of EU businesses struggle to hire ICT and engineering talent
• How Payslip attracts developers out of large banks
• Building culture across Ireland, Spain and Bulgaria
• Why remote first is harder than most CEOs admit
• The monthly CEO led onboarding session she still runs
• The licence to innovate rule and how it drives better ideas
• AI replacing tasks not people and what that means for teams
• How project management and engineering work are changing with AI tools
If you are a founder, CEO or HR leader trying to hire, scale or retain high impact talent in fintech or tech, this conversation will give you a grounded, real world view of what is working today.

















