Ever met an HR person that actually proved useful?
Me neither.
Have you ever wondered where people with gender studies degrees find employment? HR.
You have to be a totally woke self important d’bag to qualify as a Human Resources manager.
“Ever met an HR person that actually proved useful?”
A co-worker used to sleep with ours, so there’s that.
I’ve always referred to it as inhumane resources.
“Ever met an HR person that actually proved useful?”
Yes, one. Out of dozens.
HR. The government bureaucrats of the private sector.
The HR Director at a former employer actually participated in a practical joke I set up on a colleague.
Another time, I got called old timer by someone. She actually sent him an email saying he was implicated in a harassment complaint.
He took it so seriously that he gave her his resignation before we burst out laughing.
Other than her, I remain at arms length from HR.
I knew one, a total sweetie. I think it was because she was in project administration before shifting into HR, so she knew what useful work was.
She got laid off last year. My personal opinion was that it was because she wasn't a Marxist.
I’ve never had much interaction with HR personnel. But in a 30 year career as an IT consultant/contractor, I have found that Fortune 100 Companies are very astute in finding and hiring people who can deliver. That starts with their HR staff.
I’ve worked for several of them, but in the hiring/contracting process, I’ve never encountered an HR staff member. The good ones sort through and pass on the resumes to the business personnel, and they make the hiring decision.
My best recommendation is if you need to get approval from HR, you don’t want to work there.
I met two, out of the many places I worked.
One was an old fellow, about 50 years ago. Very proper, always wore a bow tie.
Always did his absolute best to help you.
The other is still helping retirees, and she is retired.
She was never promoted as she didn't have the right "paperwork", degree.
She knew more than any of the degreed idiots who were pushed up through the system, creating havoc wherever they went.
Nobody ever "ghosted" me. I was always hired on the spot.
“Ever met an HR person that actually proved useful?”
LOL! I resent that, as a former HR person. I was useful in secretly telling some employees they didn’t HAVE to pay SEIU dues, and they actually COULD get out of the union.
Oxygen thieves, all of them. . .
For the most part, I agree with you.
I've run into recruiters who were pretty good overall. The minority, to be sure.
I've run into a couple of decent benefits specialists over the years.
But as far as HR Generalists, I've only met one that was worth a damn. Funny thing is that she was raised in China and had an Asian POV rather than a politically-correct modern American one. In other words, she didn't buy into victim mentality, made sure the paperwork was correct to protect the company against frivolous improper termination lawsuits, etc. But she was the only one that I thought was worth squat.