What do people in HR do all day?

[Yzak]

I'm in a review and approve type of roll right now and I see a lot of that too, but then when it's busy, it's real busy

 

[Yzak]

Figure out how to cheat on their spouses

Damn I'm sorry breh

 

[Vandelay]

What does that matter? It’s an international company.

Then you should know they do those employee surveys that cite worklife balance, opportunity for advancement, job training, and a bunch of other metrics. To say it's bullshyt is your opinion. There's a lot of people who value that.

fukk would you want a job that pays you, but works you like a dog with no other benefits?

 

[Born2BKing]

You would be surprised the amount of bullshyt HR reps have to deal. They damn near therapist to these nutty as employees.

Along with all the other responsibilities that other posters listed.

Only if you saw some of the emails that come across the HR email everyday. You'd be and then HR has to deal with the crazy shyt.

 

[Brandsdale]

Recruit
Interview
Payroll
Employee disciplinary actions and mediation
Compensation & benefits

aint the interview section on behalf of department heads?

I ask cause ive interviewed A LOT this past year but rarely had an HR person as a first interview

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Then you should know they do those employee surveys that cite worklife balance, opportunity for advancement, job training, and a bunch of other metrics. To say it's bullshyt is your opinion. There's a lot of people who value that.

fukk would you want a job that pays you, but works you like a dog with no other benefits?

The main attraction for any candidate seeking a job is pay and benefits, and can they work remotely….. surveys are useless for remote workers…… and for onsite workers, unless the surveys ask real pertinent questions to your dept, job as opposed to the vague ones they normally ask, then those surveys are inconsequential

 

[Brandsdale]

I work in HR. Without us, the business don't run and would be subject to legal exposure. Especially if you got out of control or ignorant of the law managers. I wish people were more appreciative of us.

In a mid or large organization, you'll have several sub divisions within HR:

HR Recruiting
HR Benefits
HR Compensation
HR Leave Adminstration (Leave of Absences, Workers Comp, Disability, FMLA, etc)
HR Data, Systems and Compliance
HR Training/Learning and Development
HR Employee Relations

Each department plays a critical role to the company and they often interact with each other in some capacity.

very fair

any place that doesnt have a full department for HR usually ends up being the places that have 0 processes, 0 accountability, 0 job security

 

[Mowgli]

Damn I'm sorry breh

Feel sorry for That nikka

 

[Kasher Juan]

If they do too much they will get smoked. Ask me how I know.

 

[Vandelay]

The main attraction for any candidate seeking a job is pay and benefits, and can they work remotely….. surveys are useless for remote workers…… and for onsite workers, unless the surveys ask real pertinent questions pertinent to your dept, job as opposed to the vague ones they normally ask, then those surveys are inconsequential

very fair

any place that doesnt have a full department for HR usually ends up being the places that have 0 processes, 0 accountability, 0 job security

I've worked at Fortune 100's and I've worked at mom and pop's in operations, in the field, and in corporate.

By far the worst companies "I've" worked for had minimal to zero HR presence. The mom and pop I worked at, which I've spoken about on here a number of times fired people at will, gave raises AND took them away at will, paid people under the table with no benefits, gave days off at will, made people come into work in the middle of a polar vortex.

HR isn't critical to day to day operations, but if you have no HR or minimal HR, you're not going to hold on to people long and you probably won't even know WHY you can't hold on to people long.

Enjoy those repeat on-boarding costs because you can't figure out why no one wants to stay at your company.

 

[Brandsdale]

I've worked at Fortune 100's and I've worked at mom and pop's in operations, in the field, and in corporate.

By far the worst companies "I've" worked for had minimal to zero HR presence. The mom and pop I worked at, which I've spoken about on here a number of times fired people at will, gave raises AND took them away at will, paid people under the table with no benefits, gave days off at will, made people come into work in the middle of a polar vortex.

HR isn't critical to day to day operations, but if you have no HR or minimal HR, you're not going to hold on to people long and you probably won't even know WHY you can't hold on to people long.

Enjoy those repeat on-boarding costs because you can't figure out why no one wants to stay at your company.

yup

in "my" experience over the past couple years I've witnessed how @ bold looks

1 non profit I worked at had 0 HR weeks before i was hired and then only hired 1 guy. I was even let go 2 days before my 3 month probation and without any reasoning, write-ups or wrongdoing that was documented. I even asked multiple times in my last meeting what performance, attendance, etc issues occured for this to happen and BOTH HR and the department head said nothing


1 small ecommerce company I worked at had 0 HR for the first year of me being there (they never had anyone before I came in tho) and when we hired ONE guy he was both too old and very incompetent. I even had to teach him how to post jobs on linkedin or send emails a lot of times. I left that company becasue of stress and I was underpaid but before I left, nearly 10 people jumped ship and mind you, this is a company of about 25 people max

no HR= wild wild west

 

[Wargames]

aint the interview section on behalf of department heads?

I ask cause ive interviewed A LOT this past year but rarely had an HR person as a first interview

Ideally the HR/recruitment person will do an initial interview so the candidate who meet the Hiring manager/department heads are at least viable for the roll and not riff raff candidates who lied on their resume/cover letter or are just unprofessional as fukk.

They would also potentially be the person to send a rejection letter so the Hiring manager doesn’t have to deal with that bullshyt and the sometimes negative reactions of it either.

Basically if you wasted your time interviewing someone who you knew from the start of the interview was a bad fit…. HR could have done that.

 

[Diondon]

aint the interview section on behalf of department heads?

I ask cause ive interviewed A LOT this past year but rarely had an HR person as a first interview

Department heads sift through the potential candidates and shortlist a few
HR sets up the interview details and panel with dept head is also a part of
then they score the candidates and make a selection
HR preps the offer letter, compensation and onboarding process/orientation

 

[Black Magisterialness]

My head of HR doesn't seem to do shyt? I'm in the office today and she just been walking around, laughing, telling jokes. I don't think HR does shyt.

Good HR:
- Maintains company culture and make sure employees transition in and out of the company with minimal friction.
- Helps keep office/company morale high.
- Minimize needless interviews/applicants by creating easy to follow rubrics on who should/shouldn't be hired.
- Has all benefits information at the ready in case employees need to make changes to their plans.
- Makes sure your punk ass doesn't sue the company.


Bad HR:
- Makes sure your punk ass doesn't sue the company.

 

[Brandsdale]

Ideally the HR/recruitment person will do an initial interview so the candidate who meet the Hiring manager/department heads are at least viable for the roll and not riff raff candidates who lied on their resume/cover letter or are just unprofessional as fukk.

They would also potentially be the person to send a rejection letter so the Hiring manager doesn’t have to deal with that bullshyt and the sometimes negative reactions of it either.

Basically if you wasted your time interviewing someone who you knew from the start of the interview was a bad fit…. HR could have done that.

yea i be forgetting about bold

I personally have sent follow-up emails to hiring managers about interview notes or why I wasnt selected but they never respond to em