Getting Laid Off in Tech: The Myth of Upper Middle Class Security

Re:Getting Laid Off in Tech: The Myth of Upper Middle Class ... by bb88 on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @05:14PM (#16916669)

I remind myself and others that they wouldn't have a "Human Resources" department if companies didn't believe that humans were resources.

It's not "feelings management" or "people support", it is HR for a reason.

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Re:Getting Laid Off in Tech: The Myth of Upper Middle Class ... by candiodari on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @07:30AM (#16920522)

I'm sure that if there's too many posts like this they'll rename it. Probably to something they perceive as better like your suggestion "people support".

But of course, it's function, to protect the firm from it's employees, won't change.

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Re:Getting Laid Off in Tech: The Myth of Upper Middle Class ... by bb88 on Thursday April 26, 2018 @04:24PM (#16935349)

> But of course, it's function, to protect the firm from it's employees, won't change.

That's part of the problem right there:

"We only hire the best".

"We need to protect the company from the employees."

It seems like if you really did the first statement, there wouldn't be a need for the second. If you find yourself using the second statement to justify a management action, then your management (you or your company) has failed.

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