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Human resources (HR) is an important part of an organization, as it deals with the management of people and their relationships within (and with) the company. HR hires employees, manages their benefits and compensation, and strives to create a positive and productive work environment, not to mention ensuring that the business is in compliance with labor laws, and so on.

If that sounds like a lot, well, it is. Such complex responsibilities require loads of energy and don't always go according to plan. So to get a deeper understanding of the sector, let's see what its specialists have to say. There's an Instagram account called 'It's Ben from HR' run by, surprise, Ben who has been working in the industry, where he vents away his troubles using memes. Not only are they entertaining, but also vividly depict the stuff HR folks deal with on a daily basis. Have a look!

#1

Leopard and fawn depicted humorously as a typical HR person's empathy.

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Lyyyy
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is true in many places, especially workplaces that have a large turnover rate and are basically designed to burn through people. But there are good work places too, where people actually care.

Karl Baxter
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

HR exist solely to protect the business from litigation and bad publicity. They are not your friends or on your side.

Sonja
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are if not being on your side will guarantee harm to the company and litigation...

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Taibhse Sealgair
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2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, as someone winding down a career, I make this comment to younger folks. It's not made out of any specific bad place. It's not some antiwork subreddit blathering. It's just an observation from 30+ years of work in multiple Fortune 500 companies. And here it is: Never ever trust HR. They're not evil, but despite all their efforts to make you you believe that they're to help you, they are not. They are there to help the company. If you are in a bad place at work, DOCUMENT EVERYTHING. Getting fired? Get it in writing. Getting layed off? Get it and any severance itemized in writing. Read those documents. Quiting? Put everything in writing. Make them put it in writing. Never, ever, forget this despite how "nice" the HR person seems.

Erica Knapp
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you! You are absolutely right - HR is never your friend and getting everything in writing has saved me more times than I can count!

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Vasana Phong
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We got an email one day from corporate adding lil programs to help it’s employees , one of them being mental health-how to deal with stress at work, but the stress from work is from corporate themselves adding more workloads without a raise or compensation

Sonja
Community Member
2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Our company also added a mental health program, they have a course for self organisation and to communicate to set boundaries and asking for help. This was actually quite helpful. But mostly it's just: here get some meditation, but NOT on company time.

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And the like
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't want to see this kind of pictures. I know it's nature bla bla but it gets stuck in my mind. I mean bp censors words like b.oobs and this?

Lyyyy
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, you know cats like to play with their prey…

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Kirk Evans
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd like to know how they got this picture. I was about to say "and what happened next"... But maybe I don't want to know.

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    #2

    Darth Vader choking a colleague in Star Wars meeting room, referencing a typical HR person scenario meme.

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    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    …ah, those were the days…

    SCP 4666
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wish I could do that 😄

    John Dilligaf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    haven't we all been there though? Where we wanted to Force-choke some co-worker in a meeting? ..... Just me?

    The Darkest Timeline
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I should try force-choking a co-worker at our next meeting. I’d probably get some weird looks but I could explain it away as just using my hands for emphasis.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did this to a co-worker I just hated (a sexist, misogynistic, arrogant prick). He didn't get it. The rest of the staff meeting members were pissing themselves laughing.

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No. He was just applying a reverse Heimlich maneuver

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    According to management academic and author Peter Cappelli, modern HR was born in a leadership void.

    After World War II, the US suffered a talent shortage unlike anything since. Many of the men (it was always men) who might have gone into business had fought instead. The fact that talent development had received little or no attention during the Depression didn't help either. The postwar question "What happens if the boss gets hit by a bus?" pointed to a huge concern. About one-third of executives died in office—many of them from heart attacks—and no one was around to take their place. A lot of small companies went out of business, and many big ones had to be sold.

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    #3

    Meme showing a frustrated expression, typical HR humor about long meetings.

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    Karl Baxter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s always one person who uses any meeting as a “profile raising” exercise. Often they have nothing to say and merely repeat someone’s previous point starting with “I agree with X - we really should provide more funding for Y” etc. There should be a system of fines/electric shocks in place for such arseheads.

    Lyyyy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a Teams meeting last week where there is a person that is the chair of the meeting and talks a lot and on the other hand cuts others short even if they are talking about important things. One of the people forgot to mute his microphone and said ”f**k this meeting”. There was a 30 second pause after that, and the culprit wasn’t identified despite attempts.

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time killers. They think it means less time to work before they have to leave. In reality it just means having to pick up the slack that much harder to catch up, along with everyone else.

    Lyla McLean
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t have a job but one woman when we have a meeting ( not gonna say for what lol free advertising) she goes on for like 40 minutes about recruiting new people or inviting your friends like lady! All my friends either joined and quit or live far away except that one guy…

    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Been there, did that, got the t-shirt.

    Tam StaR
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been known to leave a meeting when it's supposed to end. If it's important, you're just gonna email/Teams/Slack me about it incessantly. But I guarantee it's not important.

    Best Behave
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Sorry all, I have another meeting to go to”. Leaves, muttering “enjoy your slow death” sotto voce

    Sarah Barker
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, this is a good thing. I loathe my job (on the phones in a call centre) so at least if I'm in a meeting I'm not getting chewed out by the public. The longer the better and the people who keep talking are heroes.

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    #4

    Winking woman in a humorous HR meme about surveys and anonymity.

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    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wink, wink, say n’more…

    David Houde
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can confirm that those HR surveys are anonymous. There is no way that I'd still have a job if they knew it was me that said all those things...

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    John Hannah
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My "anonymous" surveys make me login through office 365 so no way am I being honest!

    Alhara
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm in HR and run "those surveys'. They are absolutely anonymous unless you make a comment that's obvious.

    madbakes
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the company I work for, they are anonymous. They also collect the data on where you took the survey. Branches have 4-8 employees; not very anonymous.

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    Tammie Braggs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I took an anonymous work survey just once. My supervisor called me in her office and wanted me to change my answers

    Chucky Cheezburger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They technically may be anonymous, but there are usually ways to figure out who said what if you dig deep enough.

    Cyndielouwhoo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who wasn't hr, but was asked to work on the set-up in the system, there are ways to find out who said what.

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    RafCo (he/him)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those anonymous surveys ask you to login, or they all for your employee ID or email as their first question. Nobody tells the truth on those things, they always skew towards being overly positive. They only time i was honest on one of those was when i knew I already had an offer and was waiting to put in my two weeks. Nobody trusts HR when they say they're anonymous.

    Chucky Cheezburger
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This survey is anonymous---Please enter your *name *date of birth. *login ID *Social Security # *mothers uncles grandmother's cats former owners maiden name. *=required to proceed to next step...

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    jim kendzior
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, they only ask 100 questions that have "nothing" to do with being able to determine who you are,

    MoMcB
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, last place I worked at sent one out and I didn't do it, they sent me an email saying that I had to. Told them I definitely wasn't. Could be part of the reason I was made redundant!

    Joe Gallagher
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are anon until someone at or near the top wants to know "Who the hell said that?"

    Strega Nonna
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true for all surveys and questionnaires. I learned this back in the 1980s when studying scientific investigations that partially depended on human feedback. Even then (before technology intervened as it does today) there were ways to identify the respondents.

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    #5

    "Typical HR meme with a frustrated person explaining hiring criteria and a manager ignoring it in favor of hiring a friend."

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    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was basically what it was like at my last job. "We're hiring for a Team Leader position. All can apply." Yet they already decided who they wanted to promote long ago.

    RafCo (he/him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, a company that promotes from within. Most companies I've worked for don't do that.

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    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like the folded hands…decision, made.

    Frank S
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, quite a few places this is the opposite. And if not their friend, the candidate who is completely under qualified but bid the lowest on the compensation.

    Karl Baxter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasting all the other candidates’ time.

    Dolly_of TheCowboy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup watched that exact scenario play out recently. It has not gone well

    C C
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah. been there, done that.

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    Change was needed and it brought in practices such as coaching, developmental assignments, job rotation, 360-degree feedback, assessment centers, high-potential tracks, and succession plans.

    "They sound routine now, but they were revolutionary then," Cappelli wrote in Harvard Business Review. "And they arose from an urgent need to develop and retain talent in the 1950s."

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    #6

    Two photos side-by-side of the same person, labeled "First day in HR vs 5 years later," showing a humorous transformation.

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    Kiwii Stone
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never realised how similar they look!

    Chewie Baron
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    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jonathon Pryce plays Pope Francis in the Netflix film ‘The Two Popes’. Anthony Hopkins plays Pope Benedict XVI.

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    Dan Bexell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember, you're a resource, just like a wrench or a computer, you just happen to be a human

    #7

    HR person meme with famous quote, expressing frustration during a process change discussion.

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    Persephone
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have it on a tee-shirt! 😆 Although was afraid to wear it in public due to gun armed, right winged, white supremacists outside of my work... ☹️

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    Jenny Galbraith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I saw that on TV I couldn't stop laughing!

    Carole G.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was the ABSOLUTE BEST. Saw it, heard it, my snort laugh followed.

    Satan Laughs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol really. This was the best debate minute in the world.

    Paul Aguilera
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    his mistake was saying "man" when he meant "obnoxious child"

    Matthew Cook
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a guy who decides to be the contrarian on every single thing that is said in our daily morning meeting. Even it's straight forward he comes up with some stupid backward scenario so he can say something, anything to be opposite our supervisor. And pisses him off first thing in the morning.

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    #8

    Young boy and older man in a humorous HR meme about returning to work, referencing "The Pit of Despair."

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    Astrius
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t bother looking down. Another day, another scambot.

    Floaty Potato
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I don't look down, how do I down vote them :)

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    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't go! HUMAN RESOURCES is the title of the book on how to harvest Humans for eating. It's a cookbook!

    Nancy S
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like you shouldn't be in HR

    "In that 'gray flannel suit' era, 90% of positions (and virtually all those in the top ranks) were filled from within—and 96% of large companies dedicated an entire department to planning for workforce needs," the academic explained.

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    "Those numbers reflect an intense commitment to development, which paid large dividends. HR was a powerful function, voted the most glamorous area in business by executives."

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    #9

    Animated character smirking, capturing a humorous moment typical of HR memes.

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    Mr. L
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Upvote.for kronk moment

    Sand Castle
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you come back to work after a holiday and somebody else is sitting at your desk on your computer and your password has changed 😑 yeah happened to me. I had a very toxic boss.

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's easy when your password is Kill Me!

    #10

    Two clowns in costume walking down stairs, representing a typical HR person's meme humor.

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    Jen M
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lots if joker memes...do we all view ourselves as insidious psychopaths at our jobs?

    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh dear, it would seem 2021 is still in control of the stock market…

    dev mehta
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Covid is your headache now and don't forget Ukraine

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And over here we keep the zombies who are still able to do mindless work.

    Boris Long-Johnson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This before or after dancing to a childmolester’s music?

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    Of course, things have changed a lot since then. "Only a third or so of today's hires are internal. Companies engage executive search firms to fill most senior-level vacancies," Cappelli said.

    "One in four CEOs comes from the outside. And companies spend less time and effort than they used to map out the talent they'll need in the years to come: By the mid-2000s only a third were doing any planning in this area."

    #12

    Big Bird in a horse-drawn cart, comically representing a manager's intense response to HR's work-life balance idea.

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    Donald Crocker, Jr.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always remember "work from home" is ultimately just training data for AI's.

    Lisa Intally
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, they will always need a human cog in the machine to interface with other humans.

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    Di Walata
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have to upvote this before...BIGBIRD!

    Bruce the Goose
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worst part? Now management KNOWS we can do our jobs from home and starts demanding that more work is taken home to "look over" in the evenings and on weekends. Ratted ourselves out!!

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    #13

    Two scenes of men in a plane, featuring a humorous HR-related meme conversation.

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    Tess
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on the company. I've had district and state managers joking about making the Christmas hires want to kill themselves. My district manager wasn't there, but apparently hadn't thought it important enough to inform his boss that I had just lost a employee/colleague, and someone who I had known outside of work prior, to suicide a little over a week prior. Same district manager thought that a day and a half off from work was too much time away from work. The only other person who knew, sat there smiling at me while I'm trying not to have a breakdown.

    Matthew Cook
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh...that is terrible. I'm so sorry. I hope that person was reported.

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    Matthew Cook
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The company I work for fired a guy for leaving a joke on a piece of paper on a co-workers desk. The co-worker was in on it and thought it was funny but someone from a different department walked by and saw the piece of paper and told HR they were offended.

    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if it's really fun, it's probably illegal

    M F
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate this line of reasoning. I make my co-workers laugh all the time and I don't say anything offensive. If you can't make a joke without relying on some kind of ism(sexism, racism, etc) that just makes you a bad at jokes and a bad at life.

    G M
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My work colleague associates think I was born without a sense of humor for this very reason.

    similarly
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you can't be funny without harassing or demeaning another person, you should leave your "jokes" at home.

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I innocently called someone's bow tie a strap-on at work once, and it was a good thing everyone there had a sense of humor. I had no idea until I saw the female employees faces turn red.

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    #14

    Man in a red hat holding skateboard, text reads: "How do you do, fellow kids?" Represents a typical HR person meme.

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    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How did Steve Buscemi become a carton of himself?

    Jensie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd say he's more of a half-carton

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    James016
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was how I felt when I volunteered to chaperone my son on a class cinema trip. I was the only parent to do so. I got a free coffee out of it.

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    This happened because of the economic slowdown of the 1970s. It practically eliminated labor shortages, and business leaders began dismantling those postwar programs designed to identify and develop good managers and workers.

    "Corporations that held on to them, such as GE, were the exception," Cappelli said. "New companies, particularly in tech, could hire all the executives they needed when—thanks to layoffs and stalled advancement—people left the great organizations."

    Microsoft became the largest company in the world in terms of market capitalization, with virtually no investment in developing management skills, and others followed its example. Why should someone train people when their competitors are willing to do it for them?

    #15

    A humorous meme about typical HR person email on gender-neutral salutations with a vintage character holding a drink.

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    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    DiCaprio at his best

    GoodWolf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my head he is always "Jack". Totally forgot he actually has a really nice real name

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    Wendy Herman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the same face he makes when his girl friend turns 25. 🙄

    Brenda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I call everyone y'all. It's gender neutral, right?

    bonnie murray
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    didn't we agree 'guys' is neutral?

    RandomFrog(He/They️‍️)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a trans person, I don’t mind stuff like dude, guys, girlie, as long as you call everyone that. Ik some people have an ick with jt but if you call everyone a dude and not just the trans girls Yk then it’s totally ok.

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    Jay
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meanwhile woman talking to her group of female besties... You guys, I have great news! You guys, I'm serious!

    Lisa H
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a woman, I call everyone "Dude", including my own mother ♥️

    nuberiffic
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's pretty commonly accepted that "guys" is a gender neutral term now

    Brandy P
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With everything that's going on in the world, I'm glad we are focusing on the important things.

    Persephone
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm gonna be honest... I say guys all the time.... maybe it's bc I watched Goonies too much as a kid?!? Feels fairly neutral to me tho! 🤷‍♀️

    Lolly Gagger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve seen this come up on askamanager.com, before. In my observations, referring to a bunch of people, whatever the gender mix, as “guys” is a lot more common in Australia than, say, the US. I may be wrong, but other people I have asked about it have said likewise. So, possibly this is a regional dialectical thingy?

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    #16

    HR person humorously debating budget with finance, depicted in a humorous meme.

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    Donald Crocker, Jr.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Labor and Delivery; US workers can't afford to stop working just because they are 9 1/2 months pregnant.

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    Cindy M
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Learning & Development, ha! My current department.

    Caramello
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought it was Leave and Disability. Will we ever know? 😂

    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I said, no, Martha.

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    #17

    HR person meme with employee resignation joke and clown response.

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    Brenda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not how you do it, dipwad

    April_the_vampire
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on whether the employee in question is worth retaining. So many are USELESS bc they’re constantly late or don’t show up, spend down time on their phones instead of doing side work, etc.

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    Sonja
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My boss at my last job though this was what I was trying and I would rescind my resignation so she didn't train a successor. But joke was on them. I really and desperately wanted to leave and indeed had a much better offer. I heard they lost an important client when they had to explain to them that their only trainer and quality manager had quit with one month notice and they didn't think to tell them or made sure the position was filled.

    Chucky Cheezburger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kinda the same here. Boss thought I was B.S.ing them trying to get a raise. Siad they "don't want to stand in the way if somethought they could better themselves somewhere else." Joke was on them as I rolled out my toolboxes, leaving them with only one person left in the department.

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    Sofia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    get a better offert then negotiate

    Bobby
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was turned down for a promotion at my old job. I was the only one who interviewed and they decided not to choose me. I asked for feedback and they told me a bunch of bs things like I needed a degree. It was for the lead rep in a call center, not even managerial or executive. I said ok thanks I quit, and walked out. HR called me to say they reconsidered and would give me the position. I told them where they could stick the promotion. My old sup told me later the real reason. I wasn't the highest selling agent, but I had better customer retention than anyone in the company by a lot. They were afraid promoting me would result in more service disconnects since I would no longer be responsible for those calls. Turns out they lost me anyway

    Natty Tempest
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How to say 'we don't care about you in any way, shape or form' in 'employer'

    M F
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You go to your boss and say "I've received x offer and since I like *insert positives about job* wanted to give you a chance to counter offer." Flat out resigning is dumb.

    Ryan cole
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like this maybe happened like twice ever

    #18

    Man in suit humorously defending expense claims, embodying a typical HR meme scenario.

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    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OH, so THAT’S what he was doing. Thank you for the clarification!

    Paul Aguilera
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The expenses were there and they were expensive so during my business trip, you know, there has to be business expenses, so that's where they came from, from the business i was doing as a business man, I don't think i can make it any clearer than that and I think you're being unfair in questioning my business-nessing."

    Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is "business" slang for "committing crimes"?

    Carole G.
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While yelling "FORE" ⛳️

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course lying and stealing is a big part of business, especially when you're doing perfect business

    Karl Baxter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Creative expenses claims are an important life skill to have. I still can’t believe my “Chicken Kebab” - £14.40 (in reality it was a dozen tins of Stella Artois 😎) claim after a training course was paid out.

    Rahul Pawa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Calling beer "chicken kebab" isn't creative, it's lying. Being creative about it might be calling it "bread soup".

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    But while supervisors spent less and less time on their direct reports and had too many people under them to manage everyone carefully, employees weren't getting the investment and attention they needed to grow. "Even HR's brief resurgence during the dot-com boom ... was limited to hiring and retention," Cappelli added.

    At the same time, more and more tasks that had traditionally been performed by HR (from hiring to development to compensation decisions) were pushed onto line managers, on top of their other responsibilities.

    #19

    Three commentators with surprised expressions, wearing headsets, reacting humorously, perfectly representing typical HR humor.

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    Joy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That has to be one of the best photos of pure emotion that I've ever seen. A sports game and one unforgettable moment. I'm guessing HR is both like and unlike this all at the same time. At senior levels they know all the secrets. Buckingham Palace's HR team must have an iron-clad NDA. So too the White House and the Vatican. The memes THEY could produce 🤔

    Lakota Wolf
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While Joe Rogan is of questionable morals and questionable humanity, he's a great sportscaster, especially when teamed with Jon Anik and DC. Their reactions can really make you feel the excitement as well XD

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    SarahBee
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Non-sports-fan here - anyone know what this reaction is in response to?

    K. Taylor
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/joe-rogan-daniel-cormier-and-jon-anik-ufc-248-reaction

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    The Other Other White Meat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had interviews where I lose sleep afterwards because I'd totally missed the point of a question. It's like my braincells only gather to do hobbies, but not important things like making money to survive.

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    #20

    Typical HR meme with a serious man staring, captioned humorously about job threats.

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    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Say, “What?” one more time motherf*$#ker…

    Ogidi Girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This just seems like unwarranted arrogance

    Natty Tempest
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I can make you lose your job!" counter with "and you're banned from this store for your treatment to the staff. Out!'... At least, if manners were a thing. LET ME DREAM!

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    #21

    Cartoon character reacting humorously to an HR proposal for Friday drinks, embodying a typical HR person meme.

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    Karl Baxter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Getting drunk with your manager is a very bad idea. In Vino Veritas and all that 😉

    Di Walata
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But sipping ginger ale while watching your manager and the office b**ch get plastered can be gratifying and provide leverage, afterwards.

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    Auntie Bear
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd rather drink with people I like

    Robert Rosenthal
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, no way in hell. Those are boring beyond belief and I'm a non-drinker. Also a diabetic and IF the place even has a diet drink, is are good there's something wrong with it because nobody gives a c**p enough to have a clean and correctly maintained decent dirt soda dispenser. Or you're stuck drinking 12 ounce cans at $6 each. On the not as bad side, if the have an open bar you can slip out after a half hour or so and they'll already be to drink too realize you aren't there.

    Robert Rosenthal
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Crud, sorry about the autocorrupt screw ups I missed.

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    And that's pretty much been the case ever since. "HR is now in the position of trying to get those beleaguered managers to follow procedures and practices without having any direct power over them. This is euphemistically called 'managing with ambiguous authority,' but to those on the receiving end, it feels like nagging and meddling," Cappelli concluded.

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    #23

    Gru meme with text: "Responding to a salary review request; In terms of money, we have no money." Humorous HR content.

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    Dekker451
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While the CEO is making how many millions?

    A P
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While the ceo is getting multimillion dollar bonuses in addition to their salary. Kinda like how Duke power has been paying itself bonuses from the billions they make every year rather than fixing their infrastructure, which failed this year, and now they want a rate hike so they can improve their failed generators... which will go to bonuses, again.

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    Zirconia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sure the ceo is being paid too much, redirect some of that to the people doing the actual work

    AndThenICommented
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While a brand new, useless sub department with a dozen new hires is funded

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On an unrelated note, I have all the money

    RafCo (he/him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is why you want to see that P&L. You need to know who's lying to you and by how much. If your company is public, they have to publish these things.

    #24

    HR person humor meme with employee making a late complaint, and HR running away down a hallway.

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    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMFG. A guy I worked with (I don't say for because even though he was the company owner, I was a private contractor and therefore I was my BOSS). He KNEW I had to leave by 3:00 to catch my bus and would start some bullsh*t q&a conversation at 2:45. I finally just told him "Put it in an email & I'll check it when I get home". Stunned silence. Yeah, Queen don't play that sh*t.

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Turn on the tractor beam! He must be stopped!

    RafCo (he/him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My HR department scheduling me for interviewing candidates for our California office at 7PM New York time on Friday. Not cool HR, not cool. Also at 7AM on Monday for our office in Scotland. You know where I live MFs.

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    #25

    HR meme with famous movie character smiling, saying "All right, then. Keep your secrets."

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    Worst Cop in Britain
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Happened to me last year. I work on a 2nd floor dept. Downstairs someone whined to HR that I was rude and making a customer wait for something idk. they had no details, no concrete date, nothing but a spineless complaint. Still got told about it.

    Robert Rosenthal
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doing tech support over the phone. "It has some kind of error" -"Please read it to me" "Something about fruit and a huge number" -(??!) "Please read me the exact message, character by character, skip nothing" "Oh I can't, I'm (someplace), and it's (someplace else)" -(Resists the urge to force choke them over the phone)

    #26

    A person reading an office email with a humorous expression, showcasing typical HR meme humor.

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    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like I've done my job here

    Vermontah
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    those are the best. burning honesty

    JM
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay MF, if you’re sure that’s the way you really want it… let’s go

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    In its State of the Global Workplace: 2022 Report, Gallup found that, along with dissatisfaction, workers are experiencing staggering rates of both disengagement and unhappiness. Sixty percent of people reported being emotionally detached at work and 19% as being miserable. Only 33% reported feeling engaged ­­— and that is lower than in 2020.

    In the U.S. specifically, 50% of workers reported feeling stressed at their jobs on a daily basis, 41% as being worried, 22% as sad, and 18% as angry.

    #27

    Cartoon man leaning forward humorously, relating to typical HR memes.

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    Jake B
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And you shall do the work of 3! No extra pay.

    AndThenICommented
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an HR person, at a certain Aussie fibre wholesaler, tell me that JDs are just guides and managers can adjust those as they please during the course of work. Male Manager tried to take my high level job and turn it into a coffee fetching, admin position (yes, I’m female).

    robin miller
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every job I've ever had, at the end of the Job Description there is the phrase 'Any Other Duties as directed by your Manager', or words to that effect . . .

    Valdemar
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty much every EWP in government.

    Sonja
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair: when I assisted management as a trainer in a very s****y company with lots of legit things to complain about that would have had my full agreement, there still were a few lines I only ever heard from truly lazy bums that only had that job because no one else would hire them. This is one of those lines I've only ever heard of the laziest AHs who only tried of weaseling out of doing the bare minimum. The good employees would have tried to reason and give good arguments or try to haggle or straight up tell you this was too much for them and they'd not do it. But just because it's not in your job description is no reason not to do it. Being overwhelmed, having no more capacity, the job not fitting with your other work, wanting a completely different task instead, that are valid reasons. But if people have the time, could do it and it doesn't clash in any other way, that's the argument they go to.

    #28

    HR meme with a cartoon character reacting mockingly to a suggestion about focusing on culture for retention.

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    Dekker451
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suppose increasing compensation is just too crazy of an idea.

    Atero
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Places with "company culture" and "we are like family" are the places I'll avoid at all costs...

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    #29

    Two people in a meme discussing typical HR person issues related to COVID return to work plans.

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    Beyond unfair treatment at work, job dissatisfaction and burnout correlate most highly with unmanageable workloads, unclear communication from managers, lack of manager support, and unreasonable time pressure.

    While HR can't solve all of these issues alone, it facilitates the much-needed superior-subordinate communication that often becomes problematic in times of despair.

    #31

    "Typical HR person meme: Employee threatens, HR responds with 'Oh no! Anyway' expression."

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    Dan Bexell
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unions are just about the only reason we have decent working conditions at all. There are some non union companies who treat their employees well, but they tend to be in the minority, and if you get treated well, it's because they want to, not because they have to.

    Matthew Cook
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And it's a shame that they're being phased out so thoroughly.

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    Karl Baxter
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got the Union to step in on several occasions against my employer and won every time. It seems to unfashionable these days for younger workers to join up but it’s so important to have a union fighting your corner in times of crisis. It can be a powerful thing.

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Capitalists claim Unions are communists trying to destroy our way of life. Which is to steal the labor of workers for their own personal gain.

    Jk
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, the unions ARE kind of like communists, trying to steal our way of life! They're trying to take our poverty, and give us fair wages in return!

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    Lisa Intally
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess everyone wants to wait until we are all homeless due to the cost of housing before we complain we aren't making anything like a decent wage.

    censorshipsucks
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    er only in usa. in south africa they will get instant diarrhea

    Boris Long-Johnson
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lucky- here in the UK my union is completely toothless.

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    #32

    Hilarious HR meme featuring a person's reaction to employee dishonesty with text about taking things personally.

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    Lisa Intally
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More like when you complain to HR and they do everything to defend the company, including lying to your face about you being "satisfied" with the results when they haven't given you any.

    Jro308
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even worse when the HR person wants to badly to get rid of the manager causing the problems and complaints but our hands our tied by the big boss who basically slaps the manager's hand and lets him continue with his out of line behavior. I keep telling the boss the manger is a liability and sooner or later he is going to get us sued, he's not going to listen until it happens and 1. I am absolutely going to say I told you so! 2. If you think I am going to help defend him in any way you are sorely mistaken, I'll quit first!

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    Zirconia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it isn't the employee that lies

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    #33

    Actor in superhero costume nodding with text about work after weekend, illustrating a typical HR meme.

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    3 Owls In A Coat
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Front Up, v. to turn up or make an appearance. Old fashioned / military slang, used to differentiate showing your front from retreating - showing your back. Sounds more decisive, too.”

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    SPARKIZE
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    now i front up for coffee and live with kelly and Ryan lol

    SPARKIZE
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly ! me in my younger years

    #34

    HR meme with a person in a car saying, "Be a lot cooler if you did," humorously responding to HR protocol.

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    Zirconia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    it's never the law. managers and hr staff are the reasons I've read laws from start to finish

    #35

    A funny meme about a typical HR person understanding finance concepts, referencing a famous movie quote.

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    Tess
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're not that hard. Unless you're asking about a particular single line of expenses titled miscellaneous, despite every single possible expenditure being itemised separately. Then apparently DM and state managers who have been with the company for the 25 years that it's existed, will feign complete ignorance, and respond with "I never thought to ask"...

    RafCo (he/him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never ask about such things as I have never cared enough to ask. I just want to know, how are we doing in the big picture so I know what kind of bonus i can expect.

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    Celtic Pirate Queen
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked for a woman who wouldn't know a P&L if it sat on her lap and started to wiggle. Wanted "up to date" financials mid-month. She simply could not wrap her head around the fact that the most "recent" financials I could give her were the month end numbers from LAST month. Just DO IT. Okay, here you go. She calls me from the bank saying they couldn't accept these numbers. "Um, yeah - because I TOLD you they would not be accurate. Bank statements, credit card statements, overseas payments and incoming freight charges haven't been reconciled, ". And I was the b*tch for making HER look stupid. Maybe should have gotten a business degree instead of majoring in Art History, dumba$$

    #36

    Two people on a subway, one dressed as a clown, with humorous text about a typical HR person dealing with excuses.

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    Jk
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait one moment... Just how many grandma's do you have? I swear this is like the eighth one!

    V
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im sorry who woke up today and decided to feature the most annoying and petty list of complaints from corporate hr bootlickers? I'm putting this whole list in my anti capitalist manifesto. Memes where

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    #37

    People labeled "Boomers" watching a performance labeled "workplace behavior training," depicting a meme about HR humor.

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    RafCo (he/him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a coworker come into the office and first words out of his mouth were "what do you call an Irishman that.." I was surprised by just how many people yelled "STOP" all at once. I'll never know what that Irishman was called.

    RafCo (he/him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I should add that this guy already had an HR complaint against him for telling somebody that they were being gay.

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    Cathy
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What’s Irish and stays out all night? Paddy O’furniture.~ in case you are wondering. But I still don't get it 🤣🤣🤣

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    #38

    Typical HR meme with humorous text overlay about a workplace investigation scenario in a car setting.

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    Tess
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're having a meeting that can result in disciplinary action, you are allowed to bring a support person with you. As a witness, and also for emotional support if needed. In this scenario the person that you trust the most, is also the one who has already betrayed you.

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    Seedy Vine
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe the support person is the assistant of the person being investigated. When HR gets a complaint from the assistant, it's great evidence against the person HR is investigating. That's what my 30 years of office experience tells me, anyway. Dennis Reynolds here is calling the person being investigated a dumb b!tch for that reason.

    Chucky Cheezburger
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After reading this and the comments here, I think we can all agree that this one was confusing.

    Matthew Cook
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have never heard of a support person for HR complaints.

    Wendy Herman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me, neither. I suspect that, like adequate PTO, this may be a perk enjoyed by people who live in another country (i.e. a place I wish I'd been born). 🥺

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    #39

    A man in a blue suit on stage, wiping his face humorously, representing a typical HR person's thanks.

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    Matthew Cook
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do not and will not go out for drinks with my co-workers.

    Di Walata
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will if I don't feel like drinking. It's amazing how much leverage you can acquire when others are drinking. Use the excuse that you're taking antibiotics that you can't drink alcohol with.

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    Zirconia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "work drinks" being water. I have to spend enough time with those people why would I ever choose to spend more time than necessary with them

    Belle Miles
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That happened at ONE restaurant I worked at. I had ONE margarita, One time, And had to have three other girls with me to be sure We all understood it correctly. Signed the lunch shift.

    #40

    Woman animatedly explains something to a guy at an outdoor event, captioned with a humorous HR meme.

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    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now let's go into the closet and rack up some violations

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    #41

    A person wearing sunglasses and headphones, reacting humorously to an inappropriate work conversation.

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    Šimon Špaček
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I hear inappropriate conversation, you can bet your annual salary that I will join them.

    Barbara Skolly
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wear headphones at work to a) keep people from talking to me. b) have people think that I am not listening to their conversation

    #42

    A humorous HR meme featuring two characters, one dressed as a devil, with a funny caption about company restructuring.

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    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amazing how many employers do major layoffs just before the holidays. Merry Christmas and have a happy unemployment

    Cally2001
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly it is usually to do with financial years so the company takes the hit before the annual books close for those on calendar years. Doesn't make it less nasty though.

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    Zirconia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    noticed a typo in this, it's meant to say "a company-wide mass firing"

    #43

    HR meme showing a happy face when appreciated and shocked face for working past 5.

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    Matias Marczak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No they don't, only a*s-kissers will be appreciated, actual work have nothing to do with that.

    #44

    Two men in a room; one looks confused, with text about a typical HR person dealing with self-recruiting managers.

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    Ogidi Girl
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolute rubbish. HR has so messed up the recruiting and interviewing process it is ridiculous.

    Matias Marczak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After they what? Is that legal? Does that happen, what's going on?

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    #45

    Penguin meme with text dialogue, humorously illustrating a typical HR person's reaction to overused words.

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    Scooter
    Community Member
    Premium
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I do not think that word means what you think it means"

    #46

    Animated character putting on a mask with text about HR advice, captioned "It's show time."

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    Matias Marczak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, HR is very important, but when it gets too important it is a symptom of a falling company.

    #47

    HR person meme with astronaut, humorously critiquing employee benefits decision with a dramatic quote.

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    Joshua David
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did corporate executive HR on a BP level and I can say I've sat in many meetings relating on how to eff the employees, aka cut costs and increase profits. I quit after 7 years because HR doesn't give a SH about you. They're invested interest is protecting the company from lawsuits.

    RafCo (he/him)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's okay, as an employee, we're all aware that HR's main goal is to find ways to f us.

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    Matias Marczak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a question, has anyone, from anywhere, seen benefits ever being increased if not by law? Seriously, it feels like it's impossible to go uphill these days. Do unicorns actually exist?

    #48

    A person laughing at a party with a funny caption about HR and employment law above and below.

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    Lisa Intally
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of the HR people at my jobs didn't care about those pesky laws. Who signs their paychecks? Not the workers.

    Vermontah
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your HR is usually better if your state has state employment laws. Federal employment law is bare minimum. State laws give the employees more rights like breaks and time off. Florida does not have state employment laws - and where do the wildest stories come from/?

    Vermontah
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats why we had them printed off in handbooks and now online. Most of the same ones are broken - those you can point to in the book and say "you even signed it saying you were aware of it" I was that HR person that would jingle my office keys before I round the corner.

    Matias Marczak
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you will just do the right thing right?... right?...

    Alhara
    Community Member
    2 years ago

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    Don't work in HR then??

    alicia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Umm, no? If you can remember every piece of employment law you should just take the bar because you have an amazing memory and would probably pass with some studying. Also, many of us have to deal with international law, not just state and federal. Especially when your company hires from EVERY country remotely. They have no idea how much work up front, and continuously, it is for us every time they add an employee from a new country. "Oh hey, we really like that guy from Mauritania". Absolute nightmare.

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    #49

    Cartoon meme depicting a typical HR person dealing with return-to-work logistics during coronavirus.

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    Agfox
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    During the lockdowns in Australia, the Federal Govt created the JobKeeper scheme, which allowed eligible businesses & not-for-profit organisations to receive fortnightly allowances to enable them to continue paying employees. This resulted in almost $14 billion being paid to profitable Companies, many of whom refused to repay the JobKeeper subsidies they received

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    Matias Marczak
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That makes me depressed, even though I should be accustomed by now

    Zirconia
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you could try making the workplace better, by getting managers back in their lanes

    #50

    Santa humorously writes "Pizza Shop Guy" on a naughty list, showcasing typical HR meme humor.

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    Alhara
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What does this have to do with HR and why is Santa mad at pizza?

    Lori Strobel
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    2 years ago

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    Matthew Cook
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bored Panda. This is weird and absolutely not what this thread is about to the general public.

    Terra Raizor
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I usually find the pizza shop guy isn't given enough warning to crank out 60 pizzas and then isn't tipped well despite none of the pizzas getting crushed while fitting it in 2007 Toyota Corolla.

    Steve Robert
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's for making a reindeer meat pizza for Santa

    #51

    Cat meme illustrating a "typical HR person" reaction to an anonymous staff survey submission.

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