A professional and honest approach to human relations can bring benefits to an employer, and a good HR manager can certainly make it easier for a trade union to reach a negotiated outcome. But in our experience some employers have scant regard for HR, and others simply appoint HR mangers whose sole remit seems to be to say “No”. Then there are those from the anti-union stable who seek to divide and rule, and those who remain remote in their ivory towers. Not surprising then that this poor approach to HR is more aptly known as Human Remains.
Sadly, HR big cheeses have not helped improve their image this week. According to Personnel Today, a group of them are holding a conference on a luxury cruise liner somewhere in the English Channel. This gives a whole new slant to the phrase “out of touch”.
