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And finance can handle ordering computer equipment and network management services, get rid of IT as well.
He has an HR department whether he calls it like that or not.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Having 150 people do HR tasks means you have 150 different versions of vacation policies. In large companies that works, because there's an actual HR department that writes the ironclad rules that the direct supervisors follow. Not sure how it works in a wild-west ad-hoc environment like this one.
Isn't that a good thing? Each team has its own vacation policy that suits them, instead of some rules imposed on them by HR department.
He may think he doesn't have an 'HR department', but whoever holds the pen on his holiday policy, equipment policy, training & development policy, maternity & family friendly rights policy, expenses policy - well, there's his HR department.
the point being that narrative and reality are not the same thing.
With good policies and good people, you don't need "HR". I would argue he has HR just without a centralized department. Although either way, the only good HR is no HR. HR sucks.
Ever.
With good policies and good people, you don't need "HR". I would argue he has HR just without a centralized department. Although either way, the only good HR is no HR. HR sucks.
I think that the thing to keep in mind here is that HR, like legal, isn't for when things are going well. This comment sort of assumes that you'll never have a harassment problem, nobody will ever have an issue with getting their FMLA "approved", and the company will never have a performance problem that requires letting someone go in a way that won't get you sued.
These things all happen, and there's a lot of No True Scotsmanning in the idea that they only happen to bad companies/people.
Edit: I don't like HR either, but I'm very unlikely to need them to keep my boss from harassing me.
No company at that scale will function without people taking care of all the HR and IT functions. Sure it doesn't have to be traditional, there doesn't have to be a department responsible for it, but it has to be done - and you need a lot of manpower to do it. Hence why you usually have departments dedicated for those tasks. You might call it something different or distribute their responsibilities down the chain but…
He may think he doesn't have an 'HR department', but whoever holds the pen on his holiday policy, equipment policy, training & development policy, maternity & family friendly rights policy, expenses policy - well, there's his HR department.
His managers handle that for their own employees.