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HR doesn't work for you That's what I've learned too. HR is an extension of the legal department. To be fair, their true job is to treat humans as resources.

HR doesn't work for you That's what I've learned too. HR is an extension of the legal department. To be fair, their true job is to treat humans as resources. These days, they're sometimes rebranded as the "People Team"!

worker767424 6y ago
> humans as resources I'm still disappointed this game never got made: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/human-resources-an-apocalyptic-rts-game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/human-resourc...
reaperducer 6y ago
These days, they're sometimes rebranded as the "People Team"! Sounds like it might be a minor improvement, but I'm not hopeful. I detest the phrase "human resources." I am not a resource. I am not a box of pencils, a copy machine, or a long ton of bituminous coal to be consumed by the company. I am a human being. "Personnel" wasn't so bad. I'm OK with that because I am a person. But that was before Human Resources departments became warehouses for the legions of yoga moms who think they're being rewarded for being slightly above average, when the reality is it's another industrial make-work program to keep the drones from revolting.
- dreamcompiler 6y ago
  > I am not a resource. I am not a box of pencils, a copy machine, or a long ton of bituminous coal to be consumed by the company. In the Harvard MBA school of management which dominates American business and which Wall Street incentivizes, that is precisely what you are: You are a fungible cog in a large machine. This is certainly not the only viable business management philosophy, but it's the most common one in America. Regardless of what cute name the HR department calls itself, the MBA model should be assumed as the fundamental philosophy of the company until the company's actions (not their words) prove otherwise. Costco is an example of a successful American company that does not seem to use this model. There are many others, but you have to search carefully to find them.
  - echelon 6y ago
    Could you provide more examples of companies that value companies and do not treat them as "head count" / "human resources" / interchangeable cogs? Valve?
hinkley 6y ago
"People Team," in the grand tradition of, "Soylent Green is made of people!"

worker767424 6y ago

> humans as resources I'm still disappointed this game never got made: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/human-resources-an-apocalyptic-rts-game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/human-resourc...

reaperducer 6y ago

These days, they're sometimes rebranded as the "People Team"! Sounds like it might be a minor improvement, but I'm not hopeful. I detest the phrase "human resources." I am not a resource. I am not a box of pencils, a copy machine, or a long ton of bituminous coal to be consumed by the company. I am a human being. "Personnel" wasn't so bad. I'm OK with that because I am a person. But that was before Human Resources departments became warehouses for the legions of yoga moms who think they're being rewarded for being slightly above average, when the reality is it's another industrial make-work program to keep the drones from revolting.

dreamcompiler 6y ago
> I am not a resource. I am not a box of pencils, a copy machine, or a long ton of bituminous coal to be consumed by the company. In the Harvard MBA school of management which dominates American business and which Wall Street incentivizes, that is precisely what you are: You are a fungible cog in a large machine. This is certainly not the only viable business management philosophy, but it's the most common one in America. Regardless of what cute name the HR department calls itself, the MBA model should be assumed as the fundamental philosophy of the company until the company's actions (not their words) prove otherwise. Costco is an example of a successful American company that does not seem to use this model. There are many others, but you have to search carefully to find them.
- echelon 6y ago
  Could you provide more examples of companies that value companies and do not treat them as "head count" / "human resources" / interchangeable cogs? Valve?

hinkley 6y ago

"People Team," in the grand tradition of, "Soylent Green is made of people!"