Comments on: Bad managers blame HR http://www.hrmorning.com/bad-managers-blame-hr/ Your daily dose of HR Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:19:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jacqueline Paulk http://www.hrmorning.com/bad-managers-blame-hr/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jacqueline Paulk Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:37:09 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/bad-managers-blame-hr#comment-108 Very sound advise and very timely as I make the transition from an administrative role to a more HR Business Partner role. Very sound advise and very timely as I make the transition from an administrative role to a more HR Business Partner role.

]]> By: Bill Fuller http://www.hrmorning.com/bad-managers-blame-hr/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Bill Fuller Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:32:11 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/bad-managers-blame-hr#comment-72 Actually, that vignette is not dramatic. In 30 years as a supervisor, and another 12 years as an HR director, I have seen and experienced many situations as dramatic as that one. As a supervisor, I found HR departments irrelevant , even destructive. I’ve heard an HR director (female) tell one of my female employees to “suck it up” when she complained of sexual harassment, and a CEO fail to back me when I disciplined an up and coming male supervisor for trading preferential treatment for sex. With one exception over the years, my HR departments were paperwork functionaries, not problem solvers. I learned to ignore them. Most managers tell me they share my opinion. As an HR director, I have tried to create a culture that mirrors the advice you offered in this article. Our culture adheres to the law, and goes beyond it in seeking humane and productive solutions. Some managers resent the processes we follow in order to be fair to workers and limit legal liability. I’m certain that some ignore problems rather than do the hard work of proceeding appropriately. I worry that sooner or later that is going to get us in serious trouble. I must add, however, that most of the managers I work with appreciate my help even though it complicates their lives. Actually, that vignette is not dramatic. In 30 years as a supervisor, and another 12 years as an HR director, I have seen and experienced many situations as dramatic as that one. As a supervisor, I found HR departments irrelevant , even destructive. I’ve heard an HR director (female) tell one of my female employees to “suck it up” when she complained of sexual harassment, and a CEO fail to back me when I disciplined an up and coming male supervisor for trading preferential treatment for sex. With one exception over the years, my HR departments were paperwork functionaries, not problem solvers. I learned to ignore them. Most managers tell me they share my opinion.

As an HR director, I have tried to create a culture that mirrors the advice you offered in this article. Our culture adheres to the law, and goes beyond it in seeking humane and productive solutions. Some managers resent the processes we follow in order to be fair to workers and limit legal liability. I’m certain that some ignore problems rather than do the hard work of proceeding appropriately. I worry that sooner or later that is going to get us in serious trouble. I must add, however, that most of the managers I work with appreciate my help even though it complicates their lives.

]]> By: Juan Gomez http://www.hrmorning.com/bad-managers-blame-hr/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Juan Gomez Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:41:07 +0000 http://www.hrmorning.com/bad-managers-blame-hr#comment-48 This is my first issue I have received, I enjoy the easy to read such incredible information! Thank you very much!!! This is my first issue I have received, I enjoy the easy to read such incredible information!
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