Having friends in HR is fine, but HR is not your friend

Re:Having friends in HR is fine, but HR is not your friend by nullsense on Thursday January 05, 2023 @02:27PM (#34265158)

>pet projects by HR can significantly impact the quality of life of every employee at the company, cause people not to join the company or quit the company, and so on

Reminds me of the time I almost rage quit when HR's pet project was to implement a "baking roster" for the purposes of "team building".

Like... No effing way am I spending time baking shit just because you want a supply of freshly baked goods to eat? I'm a software engineer damnit.

Made my blood boil for sure.

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Re:Having friends in HR is fine, but HR is not your friend by pooper on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:54PM (#34268801)

At one place, we had a potluck where clearly some people went way above and beyond so we decided that if you don't want to cook, you can just pay USD 20 instead. Those who cooked and baked were clearly spending way over twenty dollars each anyway. That's not a potluck! Anyway, nobody complained anymore after this one change.

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