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This is spot-on. HR is bad, but at least writing is not their main job, so I'm willing to cut them some slack. My main concern is the writing I see coming out
by bluenose69 2y ago
This is spot-on. HR is bad, but at least writing is not their main job, so I'm willing to cut them some slack.
My main concern is the writing I see coming out of the Public Relations and Communications departments. Writing is not exactly tangential to those fields.
It wasn't always this way. What has happened?
- vundercind 2y agoMaybe it’s related to how we (government, industry) used to routinely make great instructional videos and other learning materials, but are now largely terrible at it. I suspect it’s all connected to the rise of a professional management class, rather than promotion through the ranks, and management by people who’ve done the work. Nobody who’s in a position to demand better or to make sure the right people are in the right roles, actually knows WTF they’re doing outside of a spreadsheet and PowerPoint.
- joquarky 2y agoIt feels like there is a whole lot more cronyism and nepotism than I remember 20 years ago. I am observing a lot of people in high paying jobs who don't have a clue how to do even the basics of their job (like being able to type proficiently in a job that requires written documentation).