Etienne @ The Happy Employee recently asked me to envision the HR rapture. He asked, “What would happen in a world without HR?”
This got me thinking about a conversation with my father-in-law. Years ago, before I was married, my father-in-law asked me, “What is Human Resources? What do you do?”
I wanted to impress my father-in-law with my knowledge & importance, so I shared a very boring and
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i was never like the spinsters with the sweater vests.
i wore much better shoes.
all the best!
deb
Oh Deb, I could never imagine you in a sweater vest!! My favorite vests are the ones that celebrate the holidays.
I just had a little My Fair Lady moment…
“And there still will be rain on that plain down in Spain without you…”
It’s odd how much of one’s life can be relayed in song
My life is defined by songs from West Side Story.
“Human Resources exists because most companies fail at managing people.” Yep, I’d say that pretty much sums it up!
Maybe that is why I was attracted to HR – profiting from other’s failure.
Wait, you can profit from HR? Why didn’t someone tell me this?
Profit from HR? I’ve heard that one before. But could somebody please write a little tutorial? And make it simple, just so us HR peeps understand it
I haven’t made a dime, yet!
That’s what I keep saying. The reason HR departments still exist, despite calls for their abolition, is because managers either don’t want to do a lot of that stuff or need help with it.
I picked a fight with a scientist who had a go at HR in the British press last week.
http://flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/a-scientists-anti-hr-rant/
Anyway, what’s a sweater vest? We probably call it something else over here.
Although, I don’t agree 100% with your vision, I am pleased to see what a Liberal Arts education produced. We can’t all be Industrial – Organizational Psychologists. By the way… I prefer to wear a branded HR polo shirt.
We can