They walk and talk like Communists, but their power comes from control of big corporations. Let that sink in.
In 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) found that 72% of HR managers were women; in 2017, Payscale.com reported that a whopping 86% of HR generalists were women
The United States Department of Labor found that of the 74,000 crane and tower operators working in America in 2014, only 0.2% were women.
From https://study.com/blog/why-is-the-hr-profession-dominated-by-women.html
The Left figured out how to use corporations to spread their poison at least as effectively as they use government. While this was going on, the Right was talking about democracy in the Middle East and Paul Ryan and tax cuts or something.
I am sure there are decent, responsible people who work in HR.
But, like Bigfoot, I have yet to come across one. In 35 years of experience, they are mostly a pain in the ass, wannabe managers, who do nothing but sing Kumbaya and tell you that (insert name here) needs another chance.
Ping. My current story may be posted later here....true story from the past week.
People need to realize that the HR dept. works for
the employer, not the employee.
Marko
I remember when “HR” was run by 1 or 2 people and the sign on their door said “Personnel”.
The purpose of HR is to avoid expensive lawsuits against the company for discrimination or hostile work environment.
You want to change corporate culture? You need to change the legal-risk environment they operate under.
Or why the Chinese or Indians or any other country who rewards merit rather than these idiocies will be beating the crap out of us in the near future.
This author is being kind. Your HR department is actively working against the best interests of your company. Whatever you do, don’t let them anywhere near Recruiting or Talent Acquisition.
Companies are damaging their bottom line by hiring them, but too many see them as a form of insurance rather than as a form of termite infestation, which is closer to the truth.
I remain convinced that one of the key reasons for the irrational hatred of President Donald J. Trump is because his policies were promoting a tight labor market where these people had to do actual work in finding, keeping and recruiting talent rather than dole out jobs like favors according to their warped PC sensitivities.
They have created a “cancer culture” that employs little nazis that are given the power to hurt you
I am so thankful that I work for an excellent small firm (very small - a boutique) that does not even have an HR department, just an office manager who is practical and all business, and not the least bit interested in trying to be woke. I did work for over 20 years at a very large company which had all the diversity and woke bells and whistles. I left there over 10 years ago, and I can only imagine how much more woke and obnoxious they are now if you are a conservative or moderate working there. They were already jumping on every liberal and leftie bandwagon back then.
I just want to do my job and go home. I don’t want to be co-opted into or coerced to donate money to ANY cause or support any group or person my employer takes up if such activities were not part of the job that I knew about when I started. These days, some firms will consider whether an employee “supports the [liberal] goals of the firm” as part of the annual review, so you better be onboard unless you want to get downgraded in your review.
In Oregon, some state agencies are requiring job applicants to say what they have done to promote diversity and inclusion.
It's an utterly miserable experience and offensive to me on every level that our HR department has the nerve to pick a group, isolate it, and invite others to berate it over and over ... in the name of making us stronger.