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Do you dislike HR in workplaces? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Tekkip20@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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There seems to be a common pattern of HR being disliked in firms and workplaces across different industries no matter where you're focused on.

To be honest during my apprenticeship/internship HR weren't too bad and would have a laugh with you, hell one of them loved the dark humor from one of our technicians.

Is there something I'm missing that HR are soul less and will protect the interests of a firm before yourself? I'm not sure as I think not all HR people are terrible, just comes with the territory so to speak

What are your thoughts on the matter?

What do YOU think of them as a department from your current and past experiences?

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

You can easily find HR staff that are wonderful as individuals. Plenty of them.

But HR as an entity isn't about providing resources to humans, it's about managing humans as resources. They aren't there to help employees, though they may do that indirectly sometimes. They're there to help employers, and even the best individuals doing the job are still doing that job of helping the employer as their primary goal.

Even the best people can be worn down by doing the job and turn into the soulless drone, if they can't/don't think they can leave the job.

The only HR department I've ever trusted was at a home health agency that was owned by a single person who set the standards, and there were two HR employees that really were there to help balance the company's needs with the employees'. It was evident in everything they did, and the boss would abide by their decisions even if it cost her.

But! At any point in time, she could have completely done away with that methodology. And that's why HR as a thing can never be trusted