HR people are incredibly useful. They're the first line of defense in protecting the company from litigation. Their worth to you is entirely dependent on whether or not you own a company
Even the department name "Human Resources" is part of the liberal dehumanization process. Notice how the more techbros call things "human" the more dehumanizing and inhumane their actual perspective and intent is? It's not new, and it's at least as old as "Human Resources."
That's why you're seeing more and more departments calling themselves the "people team". Like changing your name makes you less of a ghoul
It felt even more gross when my workplace did this for about five years tbh. They changed it back to Human Resources recently lol
Yeah, it's still gross, but in some ways, when some techbro talks about enhancing the human connection so humans can better communicate with their fellow humans so humans can be better humans in a more human community, it's a helpful tell just how alien that shit sounds after while.
Australia renamed the "Department of Human Services" to "Services Australia" a few years ago
My HR team is called the people department.
I hate techbros as much as anyone, but I think calling the department "Human Resources" predates them by a lot.
They do their masters' bidding.
Spoiler alert: YOU are not their master.
How do HR people have friends or any sort of personal relationship whatsoever outside of family?
If I found out a friend of mine was working as a fucking HR person, I'd probably never talk to them again. I can't imagine there aren't literally millions upon millions of other working class people who feel the same way. They aren't as bad as landlords, but wow are they up there.
They would never personally associate with the peasantry
Okay maybe it's cause I'm a liberal but have you talked to HR people irl? They're not any worse than other libs outside their job and are pretty normal (relative to other libs)
Well, it really has nothing to do with how nice they are outside of work. I'd be disgusted to associate with anyone who has made a career out of treating working people like livestock.
my limited experience is they tend to exude a "fake nice" aura that I don't tolerate
similar to mormons
HR is worse than worthless. They're just a way to further divy up blame and surveillance roles previously taken on by the owner class in exchange for careerism (same reason management exists). Have a problem? Don't organize with your coworkers, go to HR, they'll "fix" it (do exactly what the owner wants using the info you provide). Bad news about those raises we promised? HR will deliver it with faux-sympathy.
The only purpose of Human Resources is to protect companies from their workers.
hr people are just cops, they can get in the sea tbh
Death to America
They're very useful to the company. They are not on your side though as a worker. They are effectively the prosecution, state's attorneys and you are the one on trial. Talking to HR is like talking to cops, it can only hurt you but cannot help you. If your workplace is unionized, demand a steward be present at any disciplinary meeting. That's your defense lawyer, and they won't be present unless you exercise your rights.
Always bring a steward.
HR's first impulse when receiving a serious sexual harassment complaint from my coworker was to reframe everything my coworker said in the most downplayed way. Like a, "oh shit this is serious. . . how do I get this employee to make it sound like it wasn't a big deal". Inhuman Resources indeed.
Like LGB, hr needs the T
No shit, Sherlock, aren't they just the PMCs (Professional Managerial Classes)
No, they're more like cops in the sense they protect the capital and interests of the company against its subjects
Yep, they're agents of capital.
This is why the "1%" rhetoric from Berniecrats and soc dems is a bit misleading. It's not just 1% of the population heavily invested in protecting capital and perpetuating the capitalist system, it's closer to something like 30-40% when you include all the petty bourgies (small business owners, landlords), the agents of capital (cops, feds, organized crime, military, upper management, media class) & brainwashed class traitors (militias, lumpen, reactionary proles).
If there ever is a communist revolution in the US, there's going to be WAY more reactionaries and counter-revolutionaries than 1% of the population (which is still 3.5 million people by the way). Anyone who doesn't think we'll need gulags is kidding themselves.
Don't trust the HRs, they will betray you
We used to have an HR department until the one lady who was the department retired. She mostly just reset people's passwords for them. Now that we don't have an HR department, they just give us admin rights on our machines so we can reset our own passwords. Automation is coming for us all.
Isn't that IT? That's not what HR is supposed to do?
If their employer has outsourced most of the traditional HR stuff... then yeah. They were just holding on to an employee in a position about to get cut, until they retired.
There has never been an IT department but I guess at one point she was young and computer literate.
they just give us admin rights on our machines so we can reset our own passwords
Just wait until some boomer clicks on the link they got in an email from support.mlcrosoft.com
It has happened. We got a mandatory training course afterward with some multiple choice quiz, so I think we are safe now.
what do you mean?
they are accomplishing their role which is being worthless
