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CherokeeDem

(3,725 posts)
10. This!
Fri Jan 22, 2021, 02:50 PM
Jan 2021

I was an HR Director for a large corporation, and I agree with your approach to this responsibility. While I always kept the company's interests in mind, I fought against any regulations or changes that impacted the employee's well-being. The CEO of Southwest Airlines once said (I paraphrase) that he "never worried about making his customers happy. He worried about making his employees happy. If they were happy, they would make certain the customers were."

As for employees'resumes online, as with MANative, I didn't have time to worry about employees posting resumes. If an employee is unhappy enough to look for other work, it is not the company's business to pry into their private life. However, companies should create an environment that fosters job satisfaction and stay in touch with the managers or employees as much as they can and attempt to solve issues before they become problems.

I worked with many HR managers who only cared about the company, but there are a few of us who did care about the employee.

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HR works for the bosses not the employees. madaboutharry Jan 2021 #1
So much THIS! cayugafalls Jan 2021 #3
Some, yes, but not all. MANative Jan 2021 #5
This! CherokeeDem Jan 2021 #10
I'm desperately miserable in my HR job right now because I care deeply about the employees. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2021 #16
Most, but not all zipplewrath Jan 2021 #13
They're the ones processing the orders 4Q2u2 Jan 2021 #8
Nothing is secret or sacred anymore. marble falls Jan 2021 #2
The "workforce" fucking sucks out there Blue Owl Jan 2021 #4
I worked for a few companies Turbineguy Jan 2021 #6
There is nothing wrong with keeping an updated mzmolly Jan 2021 #7
Thats true, but in my case it does mean that. milestogo Jan 2021 #9
Exactly. mzmolly Jan 2021 #11
you're 100% right stopdiggin Jan 2021 #12
Well he pretended to have empathy, but they all do. milestogo Jan 2021 #14
I'm an HR Director and would never tell a boss at my company if I saw an employee's resume... Pacifist Patriot Jun 2021 #15
They restructured the company and I got laid off. milestogo Jun 2021 #17
That stinks! Pacifist Patriot Jun 2021 #18
I'm sorry to hear that. milestogo Jun 2021 #19
Sounds like my husband's company Pacifist Patriot Jun 2021 #20
So much for making America great again. milestogo Jun 2021 #21
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