I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit other workers

Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by dhx on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:47AM (#19928440)

> My HR staff suggested that we re-think our recruiting and training – which made sense – but I thought that we could do more. I thought we needed to reconsider how we supported and paid our team.

Sounds like a situation right out of Yes, Minister. HR staff not being forthcoming with the obvious answer of increasing pay to lower attrition rates from 30-40% due to the attitude of the board/CEO and anticipation of their negative response.

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Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by BioMeditate on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:21AM (#19928755)

I've always wondered if companies even need a HR? Especially when they are huge separate departments.

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Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday May 16, 2019 @09:31AM (#19928830)

At some point every company needs someone to handle those duties. Payroll & benefits, recruiting, onboarding & offboarding, these sort of things don't just sort themselves out on the side and quickly become full time positions that require dedicated individuals.

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Re:I froze the salaries of my executive team to benefit othe... by ben509 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @12:33PM (#19930461)

Most of HR is just meeting federal regulatory compliance requirements.

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