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Ask HN: HR policies for a young startup?

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Re: Ask HN: HR policies for a young startup?

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Post by throwaway985 »

tptacek wrote: post #6

* PTO/vacation rules * Clear and simple issue escalation that handles the case where an associate has a problem with their immediate manager * A clear policy against discrimination that ties into that issue escalation and assures that facts and impressions are documented * User privacy and security controls; for instance, the rule that prevents rando associates from poking around production databases, or from logging…

I work for a 30-employee company that only hits your first bullet point, but I wish it hit a lot more.

Re: Ask HN: HR policies for a young startup?

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Post by mrcold »

acheron wrote: post #9
mrcold wrote: post #4

Policy number 1: Never hire HR people or create an HR department. Policy number 2: The core team is everything. Anyone else is just there to help out. I'm probably an extremist. So take my comment as more of a personal opinion. But be very very careful with HR departments in a tech company. Most of us hate them. Most of us think they are useless. And most of us hate interacting with HR during job interviews or even d…

HR's primary purpose is to protect the company from lawsuits. So of course employees hate them; they hate you too. You are the potential enemy. They're not useless overall, they're just not useful to you.

That's so fucked up on so many levels, I wouldn't know where to start. But it does explain the current job market and ridiculous office politics.

Treat your employees like enemies and they will do their best to act like ones.

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