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"Training out the stupid"
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: bd139 on December 16, 2020, 03:09:26 pm ---I’ve not seen one for a few years. HR is in the job title so there has to be an HR department :-//
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Ironically the one fungible resource that comes in meat popsicle form often has that job title. >:D
Cerebus:
--- Quote from: CJay on December 16, 2020, 03:17:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: tggzzz on December 16, 2020, 02:38:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on December 16, 2020, 02:24:37 pm ---One of my touchstones for the civility of a company is whether they have a Human Resources Department or a Personnel Department. The choice of words can tell you a lot, sometimes.
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Quite; I've bemoaned that too.
Do any companies still have personnel departments?
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Don't think any modern ones do, there may still be a few long established ones which do though.
Can't see what's wrong with getting the measure of a person with a firm, manly handshake and a hard look into the eyes, should be able to size anyone up in only a minute or two surely?
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I think that only works for "chaps", especially chaps with a handlebar moustache and who smoke a pipe. :)
tggzzz:
--- Quote from: bd139 on December 16, 2020, 05:21:10 pm ---Also why I never go to work Christmas parties.
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I've always kept work and home separate, to minimise the chances of everything going wrong simultaneously.
At my first job, the company was taken over and merged into a division of the larger company 15 miles away. During interviews the engineers were told that an advantage(?!) would be that we could socialise after work. Without exception we either smiled politely (while laughing internally) or looked quizzical.
While we got on with each other just fine at work, there was no way that we wanted to continue that elsewhere! None of us had any idea what the droids were thinking.
james_s:
I'm friends with a number of my coworkers, prior to covid we would occasionally go grab dinner or a couple beers after work. Actually quite a few of my friends are people I've met through work over the years. I guess it really depends on the company.
coppice:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on December 16, 2020, 06:17:39 pm ---I've always kept work and home separate, to minimise the chances of everything going wrong simultaneously.
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I've broadly tried to be good friends with some of the people at work, but keep those friendships largely confined to work. There are important exceptions, though. A couple of my closest friends through life have been people I worked with, and I met my wife at work.
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