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Yeah, because KPC, that poor startup, really couldn't afford proper HR. :P
by frandroid 12y ago
Yeah, because KPC, that poor startup, really couldn't afford proper HR. :P
- peteretep 12y agoCosts aren't always in straight dollars. Many people would consider HR to have a bureaucracy and agility cost far beyond the amount it costs to hire an HR staffer.
- MattHeard 12y agoSexual harassment investigations interrupting business?! We don't have time for that! /s
- ugh123 12y agoOr just stop hiring assholes
- shiven 12y agoIf only LinkedIn had a radiobutton for that, or show an option to 'endorse' someone as an asshole... But, seriously, how do you, or anyone, actually do it? Humans are NP-hard in that regard. You will most likely only know a potato is hot once you are holding it in your hand. By then, it's already too late.
- jheriko 12y agowhy not? i wish facebook had a 'dislike' button too, and twitter a public ignore count with how many people chose to ignore a stream... you can't learn with only positive feedback (assuming your brain is mostly neural network) we need the negative too. its a shame our current society is so stuck on protecting people from criticism...
- jtheory 12y agoNegative feedback on the internet is generally pretty disastrous. People like to jump on the bandwagon when someone "evil" is identified, based sometimes on the flimsiest of evidence. Then, surprise -- if you have millions of "racist-hating" people online who think they've found a racist (or whatever), some of them will retaliate in truly vile ways. Imagine for a moment that your friend plays a practical joke on you, and posts a stupid sexist comment on twitter as you. And suddenly your employer is getting a dozen calls a minute demanding you be fired, and your home address and yearbook photos and who knows what else are collected and published online. And... it's hard to know when it would stop, but "justice" on the internet is a very, very poor tool at present. Even at low-scale: just imagine how the typical group of "popular" girls in middle school might decide to use a Facebook "Dislike" button against this week's chosen unpopular girl.
- jheriko 12y agoyou make some interesting points. thanks for the thoughtful reply. :)
- e40 12y agoCosts aren't always in straight dollars. Many people would consider HR to have a bureaucracy and agility cost far beyond the amount it costs to hire an HR staffer. Only "bad HR" would have that side effect. Good HR is a wonderful, wonderful thing. I've seen both sides. Btw, good HR isn't just about the HR people. It's about good HR people and a CEO/COO that wants them to succeed.
- hudibras 12y agoOne mystery to me is that I'm sure KPC has a general counsel, so I don't know why their on-staff lawyers weren't sounding the alarm bell about the lack of a competent HR department.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoPeople say they don't have time to put on seatbelts neither.
- tsotha 12y agoYou can count me as one. I work for a very large telecom in which management has basically surrendered control to HR and IT Security. Between the two our operations are slowly grinding to a halt.