The Manager Side of HR

The trend is the move of HR to managers: department managers, operational managers, owner-managers, you name it. How does it play out?

The adjustment time has not been easy, Old fashioned, or if you prefer traditional HR people, did not like the feeling of "lost power", The transition from transactional HR to HR business has not been without bumps. MAKE SURVEY


There are days or weeks where you find that your thoughts meet others'. Incidentally I came acrros various situations that convergent to the same issue during this week.

Small thoughts

Bad Weather Policy

It is amazing how things play out sometimes. Out of a simple comment we sometimes have to reevaluate our stand . Who in HR or in the management of people has not made this comment these days of bad weather: " Do you have enough staff today? or "Has someone in your team called in? " I am used to hear " Yes" and given numbers. I am still struck by the invariably following comments such as " Nobody wants to work these days," "I do not understand why people do not want to work," "They want the money and not work,"or "It is everywhere: nobody wants to work".

It is easy to fall into generalization. Employees have their reasons. In any case, it is wise to have a well set inclement weather policy so that both managers and employees know what to do and decide of the best approach for them. One should be able to anticipate to alleviate the burden of under-staffing.

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Questions related: Involuntary Part-time work
Min. Wage issue
Compensation policies
Employee relations



 


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