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I just highlight the hypocrisy of HR people. They are doing the dirty job to maximise shareholders’ profits at the expense of workers, all while abiding religi
by rastignack 4y ago
I just highlight the hypocrisy of HR people.
They are doing the dirty job to maximise shareholders’ profits at the expense of workers, all while abiding religiously to the current political correctness policy.
I just think that this in your face virtue is modern pharisaism.
- LeafItAlone 4y agoBeing “politically correct” while sending an email doesn’t seem hypocritical to me. Can you expand more on why this is problematic to you? This doesn’t seem to be a case of maximizing shareholder profits because it doesn’t seem like it was part of the layoff plan, but a directed termination because of behavior (as noted in the important part of the email).
- rastignack 4y ago> Can you expand more on why this is problematic to you? Because at my company I never see anyone but the HRs stating their pronouns systematically. Yet they are the one to pressure you to implement alienating policies. Wolves dressed as welcoming and inclusive sheeps.
- LeafItAlone 4y agoWhat alienating policies do you see them implementing? I think it’s possible to be respectful and treat the recipient with respect while also doing something that they don’t like. HR often has to terminate people based on someone else’s decision. Does that mean they shouldn’t do it respectfully?
- AussieWog93 4y agoI'm assuming you're in HR? I was an SWE, and definitely noticed a real level of disingenuousness from the more HR types out there. The same people constantly tooting their own horn about how respectful and human-centred they were would go out of their way to rip the soul and humanity out of everything they touched. This is probably why GP is in opposition to the pronoun thing. It's got nothing to do with the merit of the idea itself, but the people implementing it - similar to how people are against the Metaverse simply because Facebook own it.
- LeafItAlone 4y ago> I'm assuming you're in HR? No, I am also an SWE as well. I am a manager though, so I understand the “corporate” side of things and what it takes to fire and lay people off. It definitely sucks being on that side too. > The same people constantly tooting their own horn about how respectful and human-centred they were would go out of their way to rip the soul and humanity out of everything they touched. Jeez, it sounds like you worked for a terrible place. And I would be unsurprised if it was just HR because those attitudes usually get pervasive. I’m sorry you had that experience.
- sli 4y agoIt may shock you to learn that some of us actually, legitimately do care about being inclusive of others in a multitude of ways. It costs nothing to be kind and sharing/respecting another person's pronouns takes no more effort than any other way you might refer to someone. That a few people get tilted over something that does exactly zero harm to them is inconsequential because, like I said, there's no harm. And you can just use their name and skip over them in an email signature, anyway.
- rastignack 4y agoI have yet to meet someone who feels more included when pronouns are stated.
- drstewart 4y agoJust like you could have skipped over his comment instead of replying to it