Amen!
The most cynical, duplicitous, preyers upon naive workers who believe the PR that HR is there to "help" -- they are there to keep the company, institution, etc. out of trouble. The flip side of doing eff-all to help workers is to watch how poorly they handle a genuinely bad and cunning employee--they faint away like mimosas and wait for everyone else to quit.
(Mrs.Fonebone, Mon 31 May 2010, 2:31, 1 reply)

I always thought
it was the manager's job to deal with bad employees, with HR helping the manager to stay within the law. That's my experience anyway, and my expectation that managers manage.
(Smale is stuffed, Mon 31 May 2010, 8:26, closed)

Some managers are very good
Most are generally average

Some are utter shit

The very good ones are in the minority therefore
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