Comments on: 5 Surefire Ways to Piss Off HR

By: Steen - the HRDragon

Steen - the HRDragon — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:48:22 +0000

hey guys,
I read the entries – and while on the beach I wrote my thoughts on the subject

http://blog.incedo.dk/?p=204
Give it a readthrough ad feel free to comment

By: mark.stelzner

mark.stelzner — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:04:16 +0000

@GiveMeABreak – Right, ’cause HR should just accept when employees act like morons. Not to parrot your name, but give me a break.

@SalesComp – My wife used to work in sales comp so I feel your pain.

@YourKiddingMe – No, it’s not that HR is claiming to be “better than that”, it’s that these are all issues that are in an employee’s control (and therefore frustrating as hell).

@Tina – Wow! Nothing like a friendly penalty from the IRS to wake you up.

@The HR Store – Great advice.

@EvilHRISGuy – Ha! Yes, mind reading is more of an art than a skill, it seems.

By: EvilHrisGuy

EvilHrisGuy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:28:33 +0000

Anyone who does HR analysis will appreciate this one:

“It may be what I asked you for, but it’s NOT WHAT I WANTED!!!”

By: The HR Store

The HR Store — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:53:15 +0000

Got here thru’ the Carnival of HR at Rowan’s blog.

I like #4! Retention was big deal in an upswing market and this happened so regularly that I lost count of it. The trick was to stop the first person in the team that cried wolf! The rest of them aborted their hijack-the-hr plan midway and got back to work…

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:36:27 +0000

I particulary like the employees who don’t realize they haven’t had any fed/state taxes deducted all year until they get their W2. Must be the non-reading issue again.
And yes, HR people are employees but we tend to take care of the important issues and not ignore them!

By: YourKiddingMe

YourKiddingMe — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:40:29 +0000

So, the HR people respond as if they are NOT “employees” themselves. Somehow, they are better than that…ummm, does anyone else (besides Givemeabreak) see a problem here?

By: SalesComp

SalesComp — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:33:33 +0000

#2: They do not read their comp plans until they have an issue. Then they always ask “When did that policy change?”. . . Only seven years ago.

The joys of selective illiteracy.

By: GiveMeABreak

GiveMeABreak — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:02:07 +0000

Give me a Break. Looks like everyone complains about their job, even HR. That’s why it’s HR, deal with the people for the good or the bad.

By: mark.stelzner

mark.stelzner — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:33:51 +0000

@Kari Quaas – Terrific addition of employees asking for their peers personal status/information. Might need to expand our list to the Top 10!

@Steen – Ha! Perfect example.

@BeneGirl – “I don’t love it nearly as much as the new spouse does.” <– What a quote. That one had me laughing.

@Creative Chaos – Yes, the beloved handbook. It’s funny because I don’t think employees need to necessary memorize it, but they should at least reference it before they call you with question. Ugh…

@Deirdre – Ha! Nice one Dee.

@HR Patriot – You can email me your post(s) for the 6/24 HR Carnival to mark.stelzner@inflexionadvisors.com. Thanks!

By: HR PATRIOT

HR PATRIOT — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:07:40 +0000

http://hrpatriot.blogspot.com/2009/05/hr-grad-programs.html

I am working on a post about the best HR Graduate programs. How can I submit it to the upcoming HR Blog Carnival? Post link is above.