Do they get to things right away? Do they return your calls? Are they "user friendly"? Are they always too busy? How many employees are in your HR department and how many employees are in your company?
By the way, I work in HR, and I know without us, this agency would probably fall apart! My opinion is no one realizes the value of their HR Deptartment until they have a crisis or tragedy happen in their family, or their health insurance didn't pay a claim, or they didn't get paid correctly (and it is usually because they never submitted their time sheet on time!), etc.
And not many people realize how busy we actually are!!
2006-08-02 06:30:07 · 6 answers · asked by Left Footed 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
HA! I am on vacation right now....see what going to college gets you? 5 weeks, baby!
2006-08-03 06:22:42 · update #1
I'm in HR too and yes we are looked down on more so than I can count. I have about 300 employees I administer by myself but yet we are expected to drop everything while we are right in the middle of something. I'm with you on the timesheet info being late.
Our HR Director made it mandatory that we return all calls within the same business day as the employee left them.
2006-08-02 10:09:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am a large part of HR too. I do all our new employee orientations, reference checks, insurance apps, etc. I am also responsible for safety programs and training. A lot of the time I feel like the bad guy because people usually only talk to me when their is a problem with insurance, a form that needs to done, an expired document etc. You also get no praise when things do go right because its just expected that everything be perfect. Since joing HR i have alot more respect for the people in it with me!!!!!!!!
By the way i dont know about you but i need a raise:>)
HR dept- me and a recruiter- 45 drivers, 7 office employees
2006-08-02 13:50:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work for an international company, and I think our HR dept is great. Luckily, I think most of the people in my company realize that. Following Hurricane Katrina, the HR dept even called the affected ee's every day to be sure they were all right and to see if they needed anything.
2006-08-02 13:35:28 · answer #3 · answered by krissy4543 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last company that I worked for had over 650 employees, and 2 people in HR. They were the most over-worked, and under appreciated women I have ever met.
They often worked 12 hour days, planned vacation time around payroll, and could not have returned calls any faster if they tried.
The place would most certainly have come to a screeching, grinding halt without them.
2006-08-02 13:46:28 · answer #4 · answered by Sharingan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've found that HR is a bunch of lazy good for nothing people who feel that NO ONE would be working if it wern't for them. I've found them to be rude, lazy and if it weren't for a "job" in HR, they would be either on welfare or instead of asking "Where's your DD-214?" they'd be asking...."Would you like fries with that?"
My wife has had more problems with the HR dept at the Hospital where she works. They've lost important paperwork(insurance claims and retirement info), and alot of times, they are'nt available. She's had to take time off of work to do their job. So, in a nut shell, no, we do not hold HR favorably.
2006-08-03 08:24:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've worked at 5 different small to midsized companies in Canada and US. And I've seen HR people inevitably screw up, whether it was about health insurance or screening resumes for a new hire... May be I've been HR-unlucky.
2006-08-02 13:51:50 · answer #6 · answered by svikm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋