Ask HN: Is in your company too HR department is one of the worst departments?

1 pointsftyhbhyjnjk2y ago3 comments

This is a rant:

I know HR is needed, but, the kind of power they have vs the amount of work they actually do, they are the most overpaid department in a company.

Their unnecessary employment wellness programmes which most of the employees actually hate are presented to upper management as doing wonders.

They award themselves awards such as "people's person of the year", "building a culture of xyz", etc. etc. but everyone knows what they really do. They just suck up to the management.

God I hate HR department.

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DamonHD2y ago

HR is not there to look after staff in general. It's there to protect the company and senior staff from the rest of staff, and to run payroll.

I have some horror stories to tell of my various clients' HR depts, but the one at which some rando junior HR tried to fire on the spot the only person earning money and keeping the entire multinational above water was a hoot. I can't remember if I was one of the people calling upstairs and suggesting the roles be reversed, pronto...

mnky9800n2y ago

dude, get a new job.

jjgreen2y ago

... and probably not in HR

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