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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by eru on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @04:56AM (#22863916)
That's not really what they do in practice.

Personnel department perhaps? It's nice and bland.

(It's just a direct translation of the German Personalabteilung.)

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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by PopeDotNinja on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @08:26AM (#22865023)
It more a reflection of what I'd like them to do.
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Re:I found an obscure political joke in the scan of a 1971 I... by eru on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @09:00AM (#22865308)
They are doing a bit of that as well. Though Talent Retention is more of a job for line management.

A big part of HR is ass covering for the company. And I don't say that (purely) in a negative way: it is good and important for companies to have a structure for you to raise certain complaints independent of your line management.

Just keep in mind that HR's loyalty is to the company. Not to you nor in general your line manager.

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