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This comment is rife with fundamental misunderstanding of the main purpose that HR serves in a company. That purpose is to protect the company from legal action
by melted 11y ago
This comment is rife with fundamental misunderstanding of the main purpose that HR serves in a company. That purpose is to protect the company from legal action by employees, former and present. This is the overriding principle on which HR operates, everything else it does is gravy.
- ianamartin 11y agoIt's refreshing to see someone say that aloud. My point is that I think there's a way for Legal to do its job of protecting the company and also have HR do something beneficial. Edit to ask: Why would you put people in charge of a task they are guaranteed to not be qualified for? HR people are not attorneys. Why would you ask them to protect you from legal action? It makes no sense. Attorneys should protect the company from legal action. HR should do what HR claims to do.
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- sangnoir 11y agoI think that attitude is deeply cynical. I know HR is not allied to employees: but to say that is the main purpose is a bit over the top. The cynical view sets a very low bar, it's like a comment on FinancialNews(tm) saying the main role of Software Engineering is to rush out code that doesn't crash. There are organizations where the statement is true, but you and I know there's more to it than that. Yes, the we don't ship code that crashes, but we can, and do a whole lot more
- melted 11y ago"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." George Bernard Shaw