@nixCraft don't trust any part of the company that refers to you as simply 'a resource '. - No, I'm a person, I have a family, a life and feelings. Treat me as such. Unfortunately, HR don't do that.

@nixCraft like a soldier who want to be a human but can't. Maybe it's the way how any human society goes.

@nixCraft bingo. almost every convo is a potential trap. esp in this age of DEI and AA, where they're incented to discriminate against whites, males and straights

@nixCraft In theory, our interests should be in-line with the company’s..

@nixCraft in fact nobody is friends with us, I think everybody is only thinking about the interests of the organization they work for or their own interests! right?

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Make sure that you document as much of your communication with them as possible and for all email correspondence, BCC your personal email.

CYA because HR will not do it for you.

@nixCraft it's in the name tho

@nixCraft I think that HR should be your friend. When you can't go to HR for problems,or they don't support you, it might be an indication that the company reads "resource" as "consumable" rather than "asset" (in the positive meaning of the word). I've probably been lucky, but in the past, I've always had great colleagues at HR. We sometimes disagreed (they usually push back when you want/discuss a raise 😅), but it was always respectful.

@nixCraft the fist of management.

@nixCraft Neither is your boss. They will both throw you under the bus without a second thought.☹️

@nixCraft when someone asks "what would you tell your younger self?", this is an excellent answer.

@nixCraft Here we call them the Inhumane Resources.

@nixCraft Yes- HR is there to look out for the company. But given my experience at (company name redacted), the top four founders, plus the head of HR, were the only ones to make money after the company was purchased. So- look out for the company and self is more accurate. I wouldn't even say dog eat dog- more chimpanzee eat chimpanzee

@nixCraft I read an article in Theguardian.com at the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, it related to karma visiting an HR executive and how she wished that she had been more empathetic to employees...HR is indeed a fallacy that serves corporate interests

@nixCraft The name just explains it: 'resources' are materials to use for functional purposes, nothing more.

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Inhumane resources for people that can't do a proper job

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It is like your banking advisor who works for the bank. Not for you!

@nixCraft They are there to intercept your complaint before you can talk to a lawyer.

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employee target: do something.
hr target: fire employee.

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🥥 Eye worked at a company where the head of HR apparently had a problem with humans.
Stories were numerous and legendary about "associates" entering her office employed and leaving it unemployed.
Thanks to the office grapevine it wasn't long before no one went voluntarily to her office. 🥥

@nixCraft Doesn't the name kind of give it away? I always wondered why they didn't think to name it something less obvious.

@nixCraft Boy I learned that one the hard way...

@nixCraft @RiaResists Unions sometimes look out for you.

@nixCraft @paul_ipv6 Just like the environmental dept has nothing to do with saving the planet

@nixCraft *whispers* unions

@nixCraft That became obvious when they switched the name of the department from "Personnel" to HR. As in, Tools.

@nixCraft The name says it all. "Human Resources". HR sees employees like laptops or desks. Resources that can can used, depleted or replaced.