Defending HR People
November 28, 2010
I have read a number of articles and blog posts recently that deride the HR industry. I have read terms such as ‘management lackeys’, ‘low intelligence’ and worse. I am beginning to grow sick of this belittling. One startling statistic was from a recent UK survey which showed that 37% of employees within the UK think that HR workers have no credibility whatsoever!
This is a tough pill to swallow. I think that the biggest reason for this is that the common view of HR is that we are here to implement instructions from management, onto the general workforce. I must admit that this is true a lot of the time, but this overlooks the fact that we are also here to defend employees against many, many negative occurrences in the workplace.
In short, this job can sometimes make us feel that we are between a rock and a hard place, but my wish is to increase the awareness of our roles - maybe then our perceived credibility could be where it should be.
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moroello silvestri
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