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RchHomieQuanChi
02/09/23 5:17:28 PM
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Not counting top-level execs of course

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KhlavicLanguage
02/09/23 5:18:30 PM
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I mean, no one ends up in HR because they were super smart and talented. It's a softer skillset for sure.

I hate rat-racing program managers and, god forbid, scrum masters way more than I have any animosity towards HR.
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Trumpo
02/09/23 5:20:20 PM
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They're not there to protect workers

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bigblu89
02/09/23 5:21:29 PM
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To their credit, the amount of times they probably have to resist the urge to tell an employee to stop being an asshole, but ultimately doesn't, has to drain on a person.

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RchHomieQuanChi
02/09/23 5:21:33 PM
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Trumpo posted...
They're not there to protect workers

Just think about the name Human "Resources"

Resources are meant to be used up, then discarded when they're no longer "useful"

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rexcrk
02/09/23 5:31:10 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/5/5/9/AACE4xAAEKvP.jpg

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berlyman101
02/09/23 5:32:52 PM
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KhlavicLanguage posted...
I mean, no one ends up in HR because they were super smart and talented. It's a softer skillset for sure.

I hate rat-racing program managers and, god forbid, scrum masters way more than I have any animosity towards HR.

why's that? I was thinking of going the PM/scrum route but I don't think I'm enough of a bullshitter to sustain it

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VampireCoyote
02/09/23 5:34:21 PM
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Yeah HR exists primarily to protect the company from any liabilities, it is known

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Zeeak4444
02/09/23 5:36:08 PM
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KhlavicLanguage posted...
I mean, no one ends up in HR because they were super smart and talented. It's a softer skillset for sure.

I hate rat-racing program managers and, god forbid, scrum masters way more than I have any animosity towards HR.

i dont think youve spent any time figuring out what HR actually does. Like sure its not STEM stuff but its certainly not easy and probably includes one of the tougher skills which is having difficult conversations.

that said I dont like HR myself.

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berlyman101
02/09/23 5:51:05 PM
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VampireCoyote posted...
Yeah HR exists primarily to protect the company from any liabilities, it is known

Zeeak4444 posted...
i dont think youve spent any time figuring out what HR actually does. Like sure its not STEM stuff but its certainly not easy and probably includes one of the tougher skills which is having difficult conversations.

that said I dont like HR myself.

that's fine but it does nothing to dispute the idea that they should be treated with anything but disdain

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VampireCoyote
02/09/23 5:51:53 PM
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berlyman101 posted...
that's fine but it does nothing to dispute the idea that they should be treated with anything but disdain

ok

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MelbuFrahma4
02/09/23 5:53:55 PM
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I remember a coworker got sexually harassed by the manager. I overheard coworker tell her dont go to HR go to the cops. She didnt listen went to HR and got fired. And they told her if she wants to speak to the company again it would be through their legal department.

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ShadowMan033
02/09/23 5:56:18 PM
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I have a little cousin who does HR for some big oil company in Texas, and I was talking with her over Thanksgiving and she said her work literally never stops.

That kind of sounds miserable. Like for example I get to work from home, and my workday has been over for about an hour now, and I think I may be did a total of three hours of work today

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garan
02/09/23 5:59:14 PM
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Trumpo posted...
They're not there to protect workers
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eggcorn
02/09/23 6:00:07 PM
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Trumpo posted...
They're not there to protect workers
This. hr should really be called cya.

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VeggetaX
02/09/23 6:01:33 PM
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As a person from IT, the worst department from my experience is from Accounting.

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KhlavicLanguage
02/09/23 6:03:04 PM
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Zeeak4444 posted...
i dont think youve spent any time figuring out what HR actually does. Like sure its not STEM stuff but its certainly not easy and probably includes one of the tougher skills which is having difficult conversations.

that said I dont like HR myself.
i didnt say it's easy, i said it's got an emphasis on soft skills and that it does not seem to be an attractive career path to academic overachievers
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Background_Guy
02/09/23 6:08:08 PM
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Well yeah nobody likes the department that tells them to stop making dirty jokes and getting drunk at work
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CE_gonna_CE
02/09/23 6:11:07 PM
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VeggetaX posted...
As a person from IT, the worst department from my experience is from Accounting.
*steals your pay*

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Jiek_Fafn
02/09/23 6:27:47 PM
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I had to file an HR complaint on the HR manager and then later got her fired.

She's a busy body asshole that will go around and complain about everyone not doing enough work. She started laying into my department when we were setting record numbers. After my complaint, she started running her mouth about the next time she heard me having an inappropriate conversation with someone she was going to get me fired. I went and filed another complaint because she was threatening retaliation. They fired her soon after.

Now the HR people are cool. Unless someone files a complaint, which happens almost never, they don't bother anyone. It's a much nicer environment.

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haloiscoolisbak
02/09/23 6:31:47 PM
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In health industry it's dispatch/rostering management (at least at the two companies I've been at)

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voldothegr8
02/09/23 6:33:03 PM
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VeggetaX posted...
As a person from IT, the worst department from my experience is from Accounting.
I see you've never worked for doctors or lawyers.

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Kakapo
02/09/23 6:33:54 PM
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What about IT?

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Lairen
02/09/23 6:35:21 PM
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I just hate when HR keeps harping on people should come to them. Then something happens. Everyone goes to them. Then they go silent or seem to do nothing or tells everyone to not run to them over everything. Happened quite a few times

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Glob
02/09/23 6:36:15 PM
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Our HR department is pretty sound, and with so many international hires and the packages on offer, they probably have to work fairly hard to come across so competent.

Marketing on the other hand, are absolutely awful and have no understanding of how an organisation like ours works on a day to day basis.
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Pastryarchy
02/09/23 6:50:13 PM
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It's especially bad when the local HR department shows signs of corrupt internal bias and NOT abiding by actual equality of policy.

Witnessed it, disgusted every time.

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SiO4
02/09/23 6:50:44 PM
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Tag

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FortuneCookie
02/09/23 6:55:24 PM
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As someone who is working in remote pharmacy, I can safely say that our narcotics department is the most hated because of how unreachable they are. It's actually not their fault. It's the corporations' fault for not hiring more people who can assist with call-ins for prescriptions or requests to pull narcotics from an emergency kit. (It requires an access code which only the narcotics department can give.) Also, pharmacy simply isn't something that can be done digitally.

It's part of the reason I'm leaving my current job. There's just no way to be ethical about it. People are in pain and can't get their medications. I feel like a stooge working for the mob.
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creativerealms
02/09/23 7:06:12 PM
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HR is there to help the corporation, not the employees.


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Zeeak4444
02/09/23 8:05:08 PM
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KhlavicLanguage posted...
i didnt say it's easy, i said it's got an emphasis on soft skills and that it does not seem to be an attractive career path to academic overachievers

i personally wouldnt consider communication to be a soft skill considering how many struggle with it and how highly its sought after but agree to disagree.

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indica
02/09/23 8:14:09 PM
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Almost all sexual harassment claims at my old work were blamed on people in HR. In fact, the head of HR was fired for sexual harassment. I hear this is not uncommon...

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voldothegr8
02/09/23 8:15:51 PM
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Trumpo posted...
They're not there to protect workers

creativerealms posted...
HR is there to help the corporation, not the employees.
Correct, their sole job is to protect the company. Sometimes that works in your favor, but most of the time not.

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RchHomieQuanChi
02/09/23 9:54:34 PM
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Kakapo posted...
What about IT?

IT's probably the most underappreciated. Mostly because you deal with people who aren't tech savvy who don't recognize the amount of maintenance required to make sure shit actually works. You only get noticed when shit goes haywire and they need someone to blame.

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Kloe_Rinz
02/09/23 10:00:42 PM
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VeggetaX posted...
As a person from IT, the worst department from my experience is from Accounting.
my accounting dept is fine. The worst department is sales by far. But the worst people are not quite the upper management (although they are bad), but the people one level below them actually trying to make changes and implement shit in the company without IT involvement. And they are high enough in the corporate hierarchy that every time they do anything its a shit show we need to justify why it shouldnt be done. Why cant you do this, it should be easy and cheap sort of people
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voldothegr8
02/09/23 10:08:49 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
The worst department is sales
Oh yeah forgot about them, they're up there with lawyers and doctors.

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SiO4
02/09/23 11:06:12 PM
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Check out this gem from a few jobs back.
Each year there would be Halloween Costume Contest.
I forgot what you won, but I'm pretty sure it included money, dinner and probably something else.

Well, guess who just so happened to win?
These fucks were horrible.
And the costumes are so cynical.

https://imgur.com/TPsBmP4

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party_animal07
02/09/23 11:10:55 PM
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This topic is pretty eye opening. Maybe I've just gotten lucky, but HR at both of the places I've worked long term were fairly aggressive in workplace disputes.

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AloneIBreak
02/09/23 11:14:41 PM
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Idk but HR is disproportionately attractive where I work.

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