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Is this supposed to be witty or something? Employees are human resources.
by itsoktocry 1y ago
Is this supposed to be witty or something?
Employees are human resources.
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- sokoloff 1y agoNever forget that “human” is an adjective in that phrase, rather than a noun.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoI literally don't understand how it could be a noun.
- sokoloff 1y ago“Human” is almost always a noun, but isn’t here. The point of that quip is that Human Resources does not focus on the humans as nouns, meaning as humans.
- s1artibartfast 1y agoI guess I never saw it that way and struggle to think of example usage as a noun. Human technology, human race, human rights, human error, human nature, human history, human power. Always an adjective. I still cant think of a common noun usage, let alone an alternative noun reading for human resources. People don't say "hello human". It is weird to see comments talking about "HR" as some euphemism or double speak. Maybe I'm the outlier, but I don't understand any other meaning besides managing the resource that is humans. That covers lots of things- managing the liability, procurement, retention, firing, of the workforce. Do people really think "HR" is the resource?
- sokoloff 1y ago“Dog” is a noun, despite readily recallable “dog trainer”, “dog food”, “dog park”, etc.
- jbverschoor 1y agoAI isn’t human, and the work done by them might be taxed as employment in the future