Human Resources

• dlazz

  Why are Human Resources departments so worthless? I have yet to encounter one that wasn't a pain in the ass to deal with.
  
  I interviewed for a position last week, and the HR lady emailed and asked for references which I then (almost immediately) attached a PDF and sent back to her. I waited 4 days and heard nothing, so I broke down and called her to see if she had received the PDF and I got her voicemail... to which she never replied back.
  
  This isn't the first time this has happened to me, nearly the same exact thing happened six months ago.
  
  
  so I ask you, why is HR so damn worthless?
  
  Hope this helps, etc.
• Automatik

  

  They don't want you bro. Take a hint.
  
  Hope this helps.
• derek bomar

  

  maybe your references didn't check out?
• Commander of Awesome

  

  All my HR lady does is complain about how she's working like a dog (comes in after me, leaves same time or earlier).
• dlazz

  Automatik;1307991 wrote:They don't want you bro. Take a hint.
  
  Hope this helps.

  If they didn't want me I doubt they would have asked for references.
  
  
  
  
  

  derek bomar;1307992 wrote:maybe your references didn't check out?

  I would consider myself "close" with my prior co-workers/bosses...I don't think they'd do that to me. I could be wrong, though.
• sleeper

  

  Commander of Awesome;1307993 wrote:All my HR lady does is complain about how she's working like a dog (comes in after me, leaves same time or earlier).

  Keyword: "Lady"
  
  Of the 30 or so women in my office, only 1 stays past 5 on a regular basis. I can't remember the last time a male left before 5pm.
• FatHobbit

  

  Commander of Awesome;1307993 wrote:All my HR lady does is complain about how she's working like a dog (comes in after me, leaves same time or earlier).

  Agreed. We have yet to have an HR person who doesn't complain about how hard they work and they show up later and leave earlier.
• like_that

  

  Automatik;1307991 wrote:They don't want you bro. Take a hint.
  
  Hope this helps.

  This is mostly likely the case, but a courtesy email would have been the professional thing to do especially after getting his hopes up when they asked for his references.
  
  
  HR is up there with teaching as one of the biggest jokes of a profession. Always find it funny the people with the easiest jobs bitch the most too.
• thavoice

  sleeper;1307995 wrote:Keyword: "Lady"
  
  Of the 30 or so women in my office, only 1 stays past 5 on a regular basis. I can't remember the last time a male left before 5pm.

  Hate agreeing with sleeper but have to in this case. In all my years of employment i have ran across very few women who put in the extra time and hours that their male counterparts do. They just always have some sort of reason/explanation as to why they cannot put in the extra hours. Most of the times yes, it is "family" reasons why they have to leave at the normal end time, and that is fine. Family is family and you should be commended for it, but then again dont come back demanding all this equality when you fail to put in the time and effort of men
• karen lotz

  

  did you list your HS cross country coach as one of your references?
• dlazz

  The particular position I interviewed for was a state position, and I know those typically have a lot of red tape that needs to be worked through. Nervous to call her again.
• dlazz

  karen lotz;1308001 wrote:did you list your HS cross country coach as one of your references?

  No, I actually wanted the job.
• like_that

  

  dlazz;1308002 wrote:The particular position I interviewed for was a state position, and I know those typically have a lot of red tape that needs to be worked through. Nervous to call her again.

  Government HR is even worse. Expect to hear from them in 4 months. I would keep searching for something else.
• dlazz

  like_that;1308004 wrote:Government HR is even worse. Expect to hear from them in 4 months. I would keep searching for something else.

  Yeah...that's what I fear. I applied for the particular position at the end of August and they just now called me in .
• sleeper

  

  dlazz;1308002 wrote:The particular position I interviewed for was a state position, and I know those typically have a lot of red tape that needs to be worked through. Nervous to call her again.

  Call her again. Do it.
• Heretic

  

  sleeper;1307995 wrote:Keyword: "Lady"
  
  Of the 30 or so women in my office, only 1 stays past 5 on a regular basis. I can't remember the last time a male left before 5pm.

  Like my office. For the full-time women here, I think they feel 4:50 is the new 5 p.m.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  thavoice;1307999 wrote:Hate agreeing with sleeper but have to in this case. In all my years of employment i have ran across very few women who put in the extra time and hours that their male counterparts do. They just always have some sort of reason/explanation as to why they cannot put in the extra hours. Most of the times yes, it is "family" reasons why they have to leave at the normal end time, and that is fine. Family is family and you should be commended for it, but then again dont come back demanding all this equality when you fail to put in the time and effort of men

  Interesting, could put in bandwagon fan instead of women and it would be the same thing. lol lol lol
• thavoice

  Heretic;1308011 wrote:Like my office. For the full-time women here, I think they feel 4:50 is the new 5 p.m.

  Ya know what I wonder...do women realize they keep re using the same excuses as to why they are leaving a little bit early? Hell..I would just rather them say "I am leaving early" and leave instead of then giving a 5 min explanation as to WHY they are leaving early. PLus it usually is one of just a few excuses and I dont think they really know how often they use the same lame excuses!
• Commander of Awesome

  

  like_that;1307998 wrote: Always find it funny the people with the easiest jobs bitch the most too.

  This, reps. HR really is a joke, fill out this form, and OMG I has soo many emailS!!!11 FML
• FatHobbit

  

  like_that;1307998 wrote:HR is up there with teaching as one of the biggest jokes of a profession. Always find it funny the people with the easiest jobs bitch the most too.

  They do always seem to be the ones who partied their way through college.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  FatHobbit;1308019 wrote:They do always seem to be the ones who partied their way through college.

  Good point. I remember a teaching major friend of mine had to do a project where basically he handed out coloring sheets. Then tried to brag to me about his 3.2 GPA. GTFO
• OQB

  

  I just had the best experience with an HR manager (guy).
  
  I applied for the job Oct. 3rd. He called me October 10th to set up an interview, he wanted me to come in the next day, but I was unable come in until the following Monday (15th). A couple days later he called me and wanted me to talk to the director of the department, and she talked to me for maybe 10 minutes and said she would be talking it over with her team and that they would get back to me in a few days. Thirty minutes later I got a call saying they have a job offer for me, and I went to take my pre-employment BS and just got the confirmation of my start date today. The easiest job process I've been through and the HR guy did an excellent job contacting me to keep me updated.
• sleeper

  

  thavoice;1308016 wrote:Ya know what I wonder...do women realize they keep re using the same excuses as to why they are leaving a little bit early? Hell..I would just rather them say "I am leaving early" and leave instead of then giving a 5 min explanation as to WHY they are leaving early. PLus it usually is one of just a few excuses and I dont think they really know how often they use the same lame excuses!

  And they always "aren't feeling well". Christ, I don't feel well either because I'm stressed to hell doing your job for you but you don't see me bitching.
• like_that

  

  Commander of Awesome;1308021 wrote:Good point. I remember a teaching major friend of mine had to do a project where basically he handed out coloring sheets. Then tried to brag to me about his 3.2 GPA. GTFO

  LOL same, had a friend who was designing PE obstacle courses for a class. Excuse me while I LMAO. The girl EDU majors are the worst too. Always bitching about how stressed they were. Oh boo hoo, I have to write a 10 page research paper. OH NOEZ! Case in point, ETB asked us to write his 8-12 page paper LMAO. Meanwhile business students were pulling all nighters in the library to study for their finance/econ tests. Never once hearf them bitch.
  
  The bitching hasn't ended at the college level either. Still see the same EDU QQers bitching about finishing their students' progress reports. LOLFAIL. Case in point again, ETB whines the most out of all the posters here.
• BR1986FB

  HR is THE worst. I deal with them daily. No sense of urgency.