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HR?

apopapo 5mo ago
"Human Resources" department.
baud147258 5mo ago
Human Resources. In olden time it might have been called Personnel. The department that will manage pay, hiring, contract, firing, that sort of things.
harimau777 5mo ago
Human Resources At least in America, HR has a reputation for claiming that they are here to help employees but actually only prioritizing the desires of the corpos. The common saying is "HR is not your friend".
- Qem 5mo ago
  > HR has a reputation for claiming that they are here to help employees but actually only prioritizing the desires of the corpos Unions were the institutions that actually helped employees. It's a shame they had their reputations smeared and many were busted, leaving workers out in the cold. The worst run union probably does more for employees than the best HR department.
  - nekusar 5mo ago
    The problem with Unions is its just the labor. Its the people who do the work. They don't have the money or the political power. The Bosses and Owners have the money, the property, the machines, and political connections. And power/money builds more power/money. And because its a boss vs worker arrangement, the worker's power will invariably get whittled down year by year. The real solution here isnt socialism or communism. Its Worker Cooperatives. This makes the worker = the boss. And the previous conflict between the 2 go away. And the workers can make better decisions with all the information. For example, when a dictatorial company announces layoffs, it just happens. But losing people also loses knowledge of the company, which is bad long term. In those cases, a worker cooperative could explain the situation, and make a decision together to temporarily cut wages INSTEAD of laying people off.
    - OkayPhysicist 5mo ago
      > And power/money builds more power/money. And because its a boss vs worker arrangement, the worker's power will invariably get whittled down year by year. Unions used to solve this issue by occasionally dragging a boss out of their home and killing them in the street, or kneecapping scabs. To end such violence, we enshrined in law pretty strong protections for unions, so that they could fight in the courts rather than in the streets. A couple generations of prosperity later, business folk and their bought politicians who wouldn't know Chesterton's fence if it fell on them decided those protections were inconvenient. And so here we are.
      - nekusar 5mo ago
        Reminding just how bloody Union history was is kind of a heretical thing to mention here. The CEO class thinks their lives matter more than the masses. But talking about history or giving a nudge that violence did work certainly makes the CEO fellators come out en masse. The reason why we're seeing firebombing, shooting, arson, etc is because the public feels they have absolutely no legal way for grievances. And with the NLRB at 2/5 and no quorum, and inequality so extreme, its true. So its illegal. And violence absolutely does work - just you cant ever admit it. Violence is how the USA got the NLRB, and a decent legal process for grievances. I still look at unions and companies, and the real problem is still the unresolved split between the 2. And the only counter to massive resources and money is violence. And we're already seeing it. Only good solution is worker cooperatives. It the only path that solves the arbitrary dichotomy of owner/worker, democracy in the workplace, and allays feelings powerlesness leading to mass shows of violence.
    - ardacinar 5mo ago
      You real solution is literally the workers controlling the means of production.
      - nekusar 5mo ago
        There's a big difference between "All Workers" owning "All The Means Of Production" (Communism), and "Workers in a company" owning "Their Means of Production" (Worker cooperative). Your comment is attempting to smear and collapse the 2 very different structures as if they are the same thing. And they're not. Communism is this weird monopoly/monopsony structure. Dont like what you do? Too bad, its the same owner you're working for. Whereas with a worker cooperative, there could be 10's of thousands of them. You dont like one? You can go to a different one.
  - Xirdus 5mo ago
    Disagree with the last one. Back when unions were more common in my country, union officials were the gatekeepers of career progress or even entering the profession, and they were taking bribes. I've never seen an HR department half as bad as an average union from that era (when was the last time you heard someone bring $1000 in cash to a job interview?). That said, in the USA the pendulum has swinged too far the other way so as of now, unions don't have any capacity to be this bad. Unionizing would be a huge improvement for every employee in pretty much every situation.
- baddash 5mo ago
  "Human Resources" is some grade A unintentional comedy name-wise. Dead giveaway that it's an NPC creation
mil22 5mo ago
Human Resources, an entire department whose main function is to keep the company from being sued by its employees.
- dwa3592 5mo ago
  Human Resources, an entire department whose main function is to keep the company from being sued by its human resources.

HR?

"Human Resources" department.

Human Resources. In olden time it might have been called Personnel. The department that will manage pay, hiring, contract, firing, that sort of things.

harimau777 5mo ago

Human Resources At least in America, HR has a reputation for claiming that they are here to help employees but actually only prioritizing the desires of the corpos. The common saying is "HR is not your friend".

Qem 5mo ago
> HR has a reputation for claiming that they are here to help employees but actually only prioritizing the desires of the corpos Unions were the institutions that actually helped employees. It's a shame they had their reputations smeared and many were busted, leaving workers out in the cold. The worst run union probably does more for employees than the best HR department.
- nekusar 5mo ago
  The problem with Unions is its just the labor. Its the people who do the work. They don't have the money or the political power. The Bosses and Owners have the money, the property, the machines, and political connections. And power/money builds more power/money. And because its a boss vs worker arrangement, the worker's power will invariably get whittled down year by year. The real solution here isnt socialism or communism. Its Worker Cooperatives. This makes the worker = the boss. And the previous conflict between the 2 go away. And the workers can make better decisions with all the information. For example, when a dictatorial company announces layoffs, it just happens. But losing people also loses knowledge of the company, which is bad long term. In those cases, a worker cooperative could explain the situation, and make a decision together to temporarily cut wages INSTEAD of laying people off.
  - OkayPhysicist 5mo ago
    > And power/money builds more power/money. And because its a boss vs worker arrangement, the worker's power will invariably get whittled down year by year. Unions used to solve this issue by occasionally dragging a boss out of their home and killing them in the street, or kneecapping scabs. To end such violence, we enshrined in law pretty strong protections for unions, so that they could fight in the courts rather than in the streets. A couple generations of prosperity later, business folk and their bought politicians who wouldn't know Chesterton's fence if it fell on them decided those protections were inconvenient. And so here we are.
    - nekusar 5mo ago
      Reminding just how bloody Union history was is kind of a heretical thing to mention here. The CEO class thinks their lives matter more than the masses. But talking about history or giving a nudge that violence did work certainly makes the CEO fellators come out en masse. The reason why we're seeing firebombing, shooting, arson, etc is because the public feels they have absolutely no legal way for grievances. And with the NLRB at 2/5 and no quorum, and inequality so extreme, its true. So its illegal. And violence absolutely does work - just you cant ever admit it. Violence is how the USA got the NLRB, and a decent legal process for grievances. I still look at unions and companies, and the real problem is still the unresolved split between the 2. And the only counter to massive resources and money is violence. And we're already seeing it. Only good solution is worker cooperatives. It the only path that solves the arbitrary dichotomy of owner/worker, democracy in the workplace, and allays feelings powerlesness leading to mass shows of violence.
  - ardacinar 5mo ago
    You real solution is literally the workers controlling the means of production.
    - nekusar 5mo ago
      There's a big difference between "All Workers" owning "All The Means Of Production" (Communism), and "Workers in a company" owning "Their Means of Production" (Worker cooperative). Your comment is attempting to smear and collapse the 2 very different structures as if they are the same thing. And they're not. Communism is this weird monopoly/monopsony structure. Dont like what you do? Too bad, its the same owner you're working for. Whereas with a worker cooperative, there could be 10's of thousands of them. You dont like one? You can go to a different one.
- Xirdus 5mo ago
  Disagree with the last one. Back when unions were more common in my country, union officials were the gatekeepers of career progress or even entering the profession, and they were taking bribes. I've never seen an HR department half as bad as an average union from that era (when was the last time you heard someone bring $1000 in cash to a job interview?). That said, in the USA the pendulum has swinged too far the other way so as of now, unions don't have any capacity to be this bad. Unionizing would be a huge improvement for every employee in pretty much every situation.
baddash 5mo ago
"Human Resources" is some grade A unintentional comedy name-wise. Dead giveaway that it's an NPC creation

mil22 5mo ago

Human Resources, an entire department whose main function is to keep the company from being sued by its employees.

dwa3592 5mo ago
Human Resources, an entire department whose main function is to keep the company from being sued by its human resources.