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degggendorf t1_iyhjuei wrote

What the heck kind of HR dept makes financial decisions? That company is all sorts of messed up.

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tip_top_scoot t1_iyhkn6t wrote

None of them, but Reddit is full of programmers who all hate HR so it’s cool to think that Hr has any control over department size 😂

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Whizi t1_iyhm6n8 wrote

This site has hate boners for any job that isn’t one of the couple stereotypical redditor jobs like IT or dog walker.

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doNotUseReddit123 t1_iyhlhtm wrote

On top of that, the concept of HR as a pure compliance function is deeply outdated (or only applies to tiny organizations). Any organization that isn’t using its HR function to better compete for, reward, and develop employees is missing out on talent.

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degggendorf t1_iyhm5vf wrote

For sure.

HR serves the company as any employee does, but part of serving the company is attracting and retaining talent, which can be in the employee's best interest too. It's not like they're pure evil (or pure good), they just have a role that sometimes aligns with what the employee wants for themselves, and sometimes it doesn't, and people should understand that.

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ChemicalOrdinary7 t1_iyhn8k7 wrote

Yeah this villainizing of HR is insane. Just realize they don’t have any sort of duty to you, and treat them like an arm of the company as they literally are

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KillstardoAbominate t1_iyhmg8k wrote

None, but it is HR's job to tell the employees "too bad the company doesn't have enough money to give out raises this year" or "We can't afford to hire more people for your department." So HR always gets shit on. Ya know, shoot the messenger and all that.

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hawklost t1_iyhmtu5 wrote

Funny, every job I have ever worked at had HR just get a list of open positions and a salary range for it. Possibly a priority version so they knew what to aim for more heavily.

They never decided how much to budget for hires or even pay raises, that was other departments.

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joleme t1_iyhpu73 wrote

The person didn't say they made the decision, but they obviously would know if financial would allow for more workers/higher wages.

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