More like resouce deez nuts

  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Even the department name “Human Resources” is part of the liberal dehumanization process. Notice how the more techbros call things “human” the more dehumanizing and inhumane their actual perspective and intent is? It’s not new, and it’s at least as old as “Human Resources.”

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      That’s why you’re seeing more and more departments calling themselves the “people team”. Like changing your name makes you less of a ghoul

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    How do HR people have friends or any sort of personal relationship whatsoever outside of family?

    If I found out a friend of mine was working as a fucking HR person, I’d probably never talk to them again. I can’t imagine there aren’t literally millions upon millions of other working class people who feel the same way. They aren’t as bad as landlords, but wow are they up there.

  • Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    HR is worse than worthless. They’re just a way to further divy up blame and surveillance roles previously taken on by the owner class in exchange for careerism (same reason management exists). Have a problem? Don’t organize with your coworkers, go to HR, they’ll “fix” it (do exactly what the owner wants using the info you provide). Bad news about those raises we promised? HR will deliver it with faux-sympathy.

  • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    They’re very useful to the company. They are not on your side though as a worker. They are effectively the prosecution, state’s attorneys and you are the one on trial. Talking to HR is like talking to cops, it can only hurt you but cannot help you. If your workplace is unionized, demand a steward be present at any disciplinary meeting. That’s your defense lawyer, and they won’t be present unless you exercise your rights.

    • Wordplay [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      Always bring a steward.

      HR’s first impulse when receiving a serious sexual harassment complaint from my coworker was to reframe everything my coworker said in the most downplayed way. Like a, “oh shit this is serious. . . how do I get this employee to make it sound like it wasn’t a big deal”. Inhuman Resources indeed.

      • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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        Yep, they’re agents of capital.

        This is why the “1%” rhetoric from Berniecrats and soc dems is a bit misleading. It’s not just 1% of the population heavily invested in protecting capital and perpetuating the capitalist system, it’s closer to something like 30-40% when you include all the petty bourgies (small business owners, landlords), the agents of capital (cops, feds, organized crime, military, upper management, media class) & brainwashed class traitors (militias, lumpen, reactionary proles).

        If there ever is a communist revolution in the US, there’s going to be WAY more reactionaries and counter-revolutionaries than 1% of the population (which is still 3.5 million people by the way). Anyone who doesn’t think we’ll need gulags is kidding themselves.

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    We used to have an HR department until the one lady who was the department retired. She mostly just reset people’s passwords for them. Now that we don’t have an HR department, they just give us admin rights on our machines so we can reset our own passwords. Automation is coming for us all.