It p*sses me off when people generalise about HR. Some but not all doctors suck!
How many times have you been to the doctor only to be asked, what's wrong with you? That's why we are there in the first place.
Having spent over 40 years, predominantly in compensation & benefits, it really ticks me off to hear "They only join established organizations that have done the hardwork and are making money". I wish!
The question is not clear. There are many levels of HR professionals. Just google "HR professional duties" and you will find many guides, articles and papers about it.
A couple of people have given very detailed answers as to what HR Professionals do. A true HR professional is like a breath of fresh air in an organisation, and can be tremendously helpful in helping a company to achieve it's objectives.
Maybe you should have asked "What do the majority of HR A55holes do in Doha?".
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"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places". - Henny Youngman
The HR function is largely misunderstood...A well run HR department will align it's core strategies (namely attracting, mobilizing, engaging, rewarding, and retaining talent) with BU strategy.
In this region, many HR departments are staffed with idol 'paper pushers' that are largely viewed as beauracratic hurdles and not business enablers.
This will evolve over time as more and more companies realize that they need to invest in the right people with proven track records in the most critical department of a company -- This will become even more paramount if the sponsorship law is amended to free up the labor market (although unlikely anytime soon). Companies will progress in this arena in time as they struggle to compete in the 'war for talent'.
If you look at the fortune 100 companies, the head of HR is generally the 2nd highest paid employee behind the CEO...In this region, it happens to be the CFO. That is why many employees here are somewhat jaded by the HR practitioners that they deal with as they are non-decision makers that are handcuffed by tightwads that view everything relating to people as a 'cost' rather than an 'investment'...
HR generally has 2 types of roles- 1. Core HR like implenting policies 2. Recruitment
Although core HR deals with general well being of the organization, in most cases the people in HR do not have the power to make decision at an organizational level. Hence they are reduced to looking good and talking lots...
I agree with Fatcat... there are lots of hard working HR people who actually care abt the employees but there are a huge majority that just sit in office and b|tch.
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
HR is usually described as useless and I know why. I even witnessed a talk by one that described how HR is not about sorting out an employees problems, rather it is about shaping and implementing company strategy.
Basically if you have a problem, call an unsympathetic call center. If you want to know how much the company is going to grow this year, ask HR.
superdoc, you're generalising. There are a lot of good HR professionals. The problem is there are also a lot of bad HR professionals who are actually glorified administrators.
I profoundly disagree with you. Human assets are the most precious assets in any organization and HR is the department who is supposed to make sure 1. that these great assets get on board and 2. that they stay on board!
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It p*sses me off when people generalise about HR. Some but not all doctors suck!
How many times have you been to the doctor only to be asked, what's wrong with you? That's why we are there in the first place.
Having spent over 40 years, predominantly in compensation & benefits, it really ticks me off to hear "They only join established organizations that have done the hardwork and are making money". I wish!
The question is not clear. There are many levels of HR professionals. Just google "HR professional duties" and you will find many guides, articles and papers about it.
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Between what they should do and what they actually do
And in my opinion. They are hardly doing very primitive personnel works
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Well actually i do know what they do in Doha, just wanted to know what they do outside Doha.
A couple of people have given very detailed answers as to what HR Professionals do. A true HR professional is like a breath of fresh air in an organisation, and can be tremendously helpful in helping a company to achieve it's objectives.
Maybe you should have asked "What do the majority of HR A55holes do in Doha?".
.
"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places". - Henny Youngman
The HR function is largely misunderstood...A well run HR department will align it's core strategies (namely attracting, mobilizing, engaging, rewarding, and retaining talent) with BU strategy.
In this region, many HR departments are staffed with idol 'paper pushers' that are largely viewed as beauracratic hurdles and not business enablers.
This will evolve over time as more and more companies realize that they need to invest in the right people with proven track records in the most critical department of a company -- This will become even more paramount if the sponsorship law is amended to free up the labor market (although unlikely anytime soon). Companies will progress in this arena in time as they struggle to compete in the 'war for talent'.
If you look at the fortune 100 companies, the head of HR is generally the 2nd highest paid employee behind the CEO...In this region, it happens to be the CFO. That is why many employees here are somewhat jaded by the HR practitioners that they deal with as they are non-decision makers that are handcuffed by tightwads that view everything relating to people as a 'cost' rather than an 'investment'...
You can't teach experience
HR generally has 2 types of roles- 1. Core HR like implenting policies 2. Recruitment
Although core HR deals with general well being of the organization, in most cases the people in HR do not have the power to make decision at an organizational level. Hence they are reduced to looking good and talking lots...
I agree with Fatcat... there are lots of hard working HR people who actually care abt the employees but there are a huge majority that just sit in office and b|tch.
I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown
HR is usually described as useless and I know why. I even witnessed a talk by one that described how HR is not about sorting out an employees problems, rather it is about shaping and implementing company strategy.
Basically if you have a problem, call an unsympathetic call center. If you want to know how much the company is going to grow this year, ask HR.
To turn employees life into hell
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superdoc, you're generalising. There are a lot of good HR professionals. The problem is there are also a lot of bad HR professionals who are actually glorified administrators.
FatCat, the HR professionals do none of these two things. They neither understand their problems nor do they do anything about it.
I profoundly disagree with you. Human assets are the most precious assets in any organization and HR is the department who is supposed to make sure 1. that these great assets get on board and 2. that they stay on board!
And no, I'm not in HR :)
2nd most important department behind the CEO?
Humans are the worst to deal with.