Your HR department is utterly miserable. Everyone hates them. Turnover is through the roof, and post-pandemic life in HR is wretched. This is according to a New York Times reporter who recently interviewed Workweek chief people officer Hebba Youssef, and others, about the trials of the job. “People in H.R. tend to be very compassionate, very empathetic,” Hebba Youssef said, “but a lot of employees look at us as inherently evil.”
I get the evil thing. For the past 18 years, I’ve used the moniker “Evil HR Lady” precisely because people do have a negative attitude toward HR. HR is responsible for bearing bad news and defending indefensible policies. I get it.
But the NYT reporter–who went to the big HR convention, Unleash–somehow managed to find the most miserable of the miserable. And maybe it was true. Maybe everyone at Unleash was miserable. But I think I have my finger on the pulse of HR a bit better than author David Segal does.
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I have never heard people say HR are evil, too process driven yes – tea and sympathy, yes. We are SO much more than that. Being a People Person is a superpower, and holding the energy for others is a skill that the world needs. We are also hilarious. Deadpool HR for the win!