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    The document discusses why employees often hate HR departments. It notes that while HR is supposed to be the link between employees and management, employees view HR as implementing unfair policies and decisions made by management. Employees dislike HR for reasons such as failing to address problems responsively, unfair appraisals, treating employees poorly, and not following through on promises. Ultimately, HR serves as a scapegoat for unpopular decisions made by higher levels of management and leadership. The document provides suggestions for how HR can improve communication, fairness, and focus on employee needs to reduce hatred and build better relationships.

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    The document discusses why employees often hate HR departments. It notes that while HR is supposed to be the link between employees and management, employees view HR as implementing unfair policies and decisions made by management. Employees dislike HR for reasons such as failing to address problems responsively, unfair appraisals, treating employees poorly, and not following through on promises. Ultimately, HR serves as a scapegoat for unpopular decisions made by higher levels of management and leadership. The document provides suggestions for how HR can improve communication, fairness, and focus on employee needs to reduce hatred and build better relationships.

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    The document discusses why employees often hate HR departments. It notes that while HR is supposed to be the link between employees and management, employees view HR as implementing unfair policies and decisions made by management. Employees dislike HR for reasons such as failing to address problems responsively, unfair appraisals, treating employees poorly, and not following through on promises. Ultimately, HR serves as a scapegoat for unpopular decisions made by higher levels of management and leadership. The document provides suggestions for how HR can improve communication, fairness, and focus on employee needs to reduce hatred and build better relationships.

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    Why Employees Hate HR

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    Manakar Sunilkumar
    The document discusses why employees often hate HR departments. It notes that while HR is supposed to be the link between employees and management, employees view HR as implementing unfair policies and decisions made by management. Employees dislike HR for reasons such as failing to address problems responsively, unfair appraisals, treating employees poorly, and not following through on promises. Ultimately, HR serves as a scapegoat for unpopular decisions made by higher levels of management and leadership. The document provides suggestions for how HR can improve communication, fairness, and focus on employee needs to reduce hatred and build better relationships.

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    Why Employees Hate HR

    Human resource department – commonly known as the HR in


    every organisation – is the vital link that connects the
    employees to the management, and is supposedly the most
    powerful and the authoritative department in an organisation.
    They represent the management to the employees and vice
    versa.

    But the truth is that - “The employees hate it and the


    management considers it to be useless”. Considered closest to
    the top management and the gateway to all their
    communications and the front face in implementation of all their
    decisions, the HR faces the brunt of the hatred of the
    employees.
    In recent times, when the credibility of the HR is under scrutiny and
    ways and means of finding the return on investment are being
    calculated, the HR has found itself to be at the receiving end of the
    employee’s hatred and the ever-growing anti HR feelings inside the
    organisation.

    Why employees hate HR…


    Now the main question that arises is – Why do the employees
    hate HR?
    We hereby attempt to find answer to this intricate question, existing
    right from the time when the concept of HR came into existence in
    organisations. Employees hate HR because:

     HR is the mouthpiece of all the organisational decisions,


    whether good or bad, fair or unfair.
     HR is responsible for implementing and monitoring the
    corporate rules and align all functions according to the policies.
    Therefore, often portrays the image of the policemen to the
    employees.
     The employees hate HR when they face the lack of
    responsiveness and
    o Fail to get the solutions to their problems
    o Fail to get assistance on time to their problems
    o Don’t get a fair (less than expected) appraisal and on time
    o Fail to separate the HR functions from the strategical
    functions of the organisation
    o Fail to get timely information and communicate with the
    management or higher authorities because of the delay
    caused by the HR.

     Sometimes the HR in the organisation starts considering itself


    superior and important than other employees, demand respect
    from other and even treating them badly or as inferior beings.
    According to various researches, this has emerged as the
    topmost reason for why the employees hate HR. as the horns
    on the hr employees heads get bigger and bigger everyday, the
    greater gets the disliking for them.
     Many HR professionals in organisations are still following the
    same traditional and bureaucratic rituals in all its functions and
    approaches. And they fail to incorporate employee friendly
    outlook and practices.
     Many a times, it has been noticed that apart from the hiring
    and the other minuscule HR functions like attendance, the HR
    often fails to provide career development opportunities,
    employee engagement and other strategic functions of the HR.
     Most importantly, and last but not the least, when the
    organisation or the HR fails to fulfill the promises made by the
    HR to the employees.

    The Truth:
    “Everything that shines is not gold” or “Looks can be
    deceptive!” These phrases are best suited to the position of HR
    professionals in every organisation.
    To explain it better with a situation: HR is responsible for the talent
    management and employee engagement in an organisation. Both of
    them are directly linked to the performance and compensation
    reviews, appraisals. Now, the employees get in touch only which
    with the respective HR people for any final notification of the
    decisions taken regarding the same. But the irony is that the
    appraisal decision has in fact been taken by the management and
    the other concerned officials like the project manager etc.

    But as the decision is conveyed by the HR people, the first axe of


    hatred always falls on the HR, which in every case is the mouthpiece
    of the management. Now if the HR advocates the case for reviewing
    the appraisal of an employee with the management, all it gets is the
    bashing that they are on the employee’s side, and, have been hired
    by the organisation and not by the employees. They have no power
    to take decisions on their own. While balancing the interests of the
    employees and the organisation, they often become the whipping
    boy, who is always punished for the wrong doings of others.

    The Fact:
    The fact is that all the human resource professionals have to deal
    with humans, their emotions, different attitudes, different
    behaviours, different levels of understanding, different perceptions
    etc. And what the employees and the organisations forget is the fact
    that all human resource professionals are human themselves, having
    the entire gamut of all the above mentioned traits. And the HR
    professionals are basically striving had to keep both the employees
    and the organisation happy.

    Converting Hate into Love


    Turning the hatred of the employees in love or even the mutual and
    neutral feelings of understanding would require a great effort on the
    part of the HR to change the basic perception of employees which is
    commonly found to be against HR. None the less, the HR can take
    the following steps to ensure a healthy start:

     The HR should emphasize on the communication. The


    communication should be clear, timely and proper i.e.
    explaining the rationale behind the decisions and the actions
    taken. Bridge the gap with the employees through
    communication.
     Properly and fairly executing the HR processes like the
    appraisals and training and development etc.
     Don’t be biased in its decisions. The HR should not be biased
    towards the management or personal bias towards some of the
    employees.
     Focus on all the aspects and functions of HR equally.
     The HR should not take the undue advantage of their position
    and authority.

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