She is a firm believer in "Double Secret Probation" and publishes in the employee restroom the list of people on DSP with a "write your comments here" section at the bottom.
I've done a baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad thing. I thought the thread was about bad managers in general. I just saw it's about bad HR managers. Since my husband is our HR director, I figured I'd add a wee disclaimer here in case he reads this. For the record, I'll bet a dollar he agrees with my other posts!
> They hit the ground whenever the phone rings > and yell "Incoming! Incoming! Charlie in the > perimeter!"
You say that like it was a bad thing... I should have known better when the President tells me in my interview that he is impressed that I used to drive a tank.
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They propose a "file-less" human resources office.
They have never heard of the internet.
They answer the phone "yel-lo?"
They hit the ground whenever the phone rings and yell "Incoming! Incoming! Charlie in the perimeter!"
They were part of the team that developed Wal-Mart's overtime policies.
They use the word "high falutin" whenever referring to technology introduced since 1970.
Their cell phone is really an old cordless phone that they pretend to talk on.
Most employee discussions end with the employee storming off and the HR manager yelling "Fine! We'll see YOU in court!"
> and yell "Incoming! Incoming! Charlie in the
> perimeter!"
You say that like it was a bad thing... I should have known better when the President tells me in my interview that he is impressed that I used to drive a tank.
You may be able to hold their attention more that 10 seconds
Cyndy