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Your HR department is utterly miserable. Everyone hates them. Turnover is through the roof, and post-pandemic life in HR is wretched. This is according to a New York Times reporter who recently interviewed Workweek chief people officer Hebba Youssef, and others, about the trials of the job. “People in H.R. tend to be very compassionate, very empathetic,” Hebba Youssef said, “but a lot of employees look at us as inherently evil.”
I get the evil thing. For the past 18 years, I’ve used the moniker “Evil HR Lady” precisely because people do have a negative attitude toward HR. HR is responsible for bearing bad news and defending indefensible policies. I get