The HR thread

[AreaCode707]

Based on responses from another thread. How many ATOTers are HR folks as well?

If you're going to hate on HR, feel free (you won't get a lot of argument from me) but please keep it impersonal to thread participants.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: HotChic
If you're going to hate on HR, feel free

I hate HR. HR killed my father.

 

[ElFenix]

i love home runs

 

[KLin]

I hate Heckling Raiderfans.

 

[Blazin Trav]

You mean public relations? I might major in that.

 

[mjh]

I guess you could classify me as someone that works in public relations.

Am I a human resources person? Nope. I don't think I would make it working in HR.

 

[Nutdotnet]

Originally posted by: Blazin Trav
You mean public relations? I might major in that.

No, Public Relations != HR

HR = Human Resources

Totally different. The only thing that HR would really have in common w/ Public Relations is Recruitment.

<---- HR

 

[suicidalpigeon]

i got huge rapist as an acronym finder result...

 

[kranky]

I'm not in HR but I've only run into two types of persons who work there. Either a sociopath or a very understanding and caring person.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Based on initial responses, none of the smart....alecks here will admit they know what you're talking about

I've always worked at small companies, so HR was just the office manager and I've never had a problem with them.

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet

Originally posted by: Blazin Trav
You mean public relations? I might major in that.

No, Public Relations != HR

HR = Human Resources

Totally different. The only thing that HR would really have in common w/ Public Relations is Recruitment.

<---- HR

Yeah, public relations is marketing.

 

[bigrash]

woot...HR Manager here

 

[Nutdotnet]

So let me ask you this HotChic-

What possessed you to get into HR?

My job kind of "fell on my lap"...fresh out of college, good pay...etc...but now, I feel like I'm "stuck". I'd like to move out of my current-state but it's not like Human Resources is a terribly easy field to get into, ESPECIALLY in a new state where there are different laws to learn and abide to.

 

[isasir]

I just had an hour long meeting with HR earlier today. Does that count?

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: isasir
I just had an hour long meeting with HR earlier today. Does that count?

Did you get fired, or just a written warning?

 

[Rage187]

It depends on the place. Some places are cool and some are nothing but PTO nazis.

 

[AreaCode707]

Originally posted by: Nutdotnet
So let me ask you this HotChic-

What possessed you to get into HR?

My job kind of "fell on my lap"...fresh out of college, good pay...etc...but now, I feel like I'm "stuck". I'd like to move out of my current-state but it's not like Human Resources is a terribly easy field to get into, ESPECIALLY in a new state where there are different laws to learn and abide to.

I don't think anybody sets out to get into HR, and those that do don't stick around too long. Mine was more or less an accident - my dad accidentally wound up in recruiting (with a background in music and comp sci) and I helped around the office. The experience landed me my first job and it kind of ballooned from there.

If there's a large company, there are plenty of HR jobs that aren't focused on the legal aspects. If it's a smaller company, you wind up as jack of all trades.

 

[MisterJackson]

I like to smack my HR lady on the @ss and call her toots......of course she's my mom, so she doesn't mind much.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Why do IT guys hate HR guys? Just curious.

 

[giantpinkbunnyhead]

Oops, in my line of work, HR means Human Remains. Flying cargo means flying dead bodies sometimes... and we just label them "HR".

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
Why do IT guys hate HR guys? Just curious.

I thought everyone hated HR.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
I like to smack my HR lady on the @ss and call her toots......of course she's my mom, so she doesn't mind much.

*shudder*

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
I like to smack my HR lady on the @ss and call her toots......of course she's my mom, so she doesn't mind much.

*shudder*

Incest is best...

 

[MisterJackson]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
I like to smack my HR lady on the @ss and call her toots......of course she's my mom, so she doesn't mind much.

*shudder*

you wouldn't say that if you saw my mom in person. People say she's a slightly older Cameron Diaz.

 

[kalster]

how much do HR folks make, I have always wondered, compared to a Senior Engineer in a company, how much would a senior HR person make