Employees frequently believe that human resources are there to be on their side.
Does HR truly have the employees’ back, considering that it works for the company?
Let us analyze the subject:
Employees frequently feel that HR exists to solve their problems, such as getting paid on time or dealing with workplace misconduct. Many employees have no one else to turn to when things go wrong at work. A trip to HR may appear to be a safer alternative to directly addressing a problem with a boss, as well as a more proactive alternative to complaining to trusted colleagues.
However, according to a survey conducted by Blind Blog Workplace Insights, 70% of employees have said that HR is not their friend. Many more employees in other industries feel the same way about the HR department. If you dig a bit further, you’ll discover countless cases of employees who believe HR has done them wrong. Some vent their frustrations online, posting about the department’s shortcomings on social media and blog articles. Others abandon HR and file a lawsuit against their employer. According to Seyfarth, the number of workplace lawsuit rulings in the United States reached an all-time high in 2020.
From the employees’ side, we can see that the HR department is failing at its job. Still, the disconnect can happen on a deeper level; what employees and employers expect from the HR department may be the opposite of what the HR department is supposed to be doing. While employees may believe that HR processes should correct workplace inequities, corporate executives may think that the HR department exists to defend the corporation.
The most apparent functions of an HR department are hiring, ensuring employees training, and getting people paid. Beyond that, other HR tasks are defined by the company culture and the company’s goals through the HR department. In an ideal scenario and successful companies, The HR department is there to assist the organization in accomplishing its aims via helping individuals flourish inside the organization. Fundamentally, this entails fostering employee development, making employees feel happy and productive at work, and instilling a feeling of loyalty to the company.
When the HR department does not appear to care about the well-being of people in the workplace, it may just reflect the executive mission. As a result, when conflicts emerge, HR departments must often tread a fine line between giving the outcome that the employee desires and the organization desires. People who raise workplace difficulties may receive a proactive and helpful reaction in departments where HR is focused on retaining employees. Employees may have little chance of attaining the result they want if the balance of power in the organization is biased toward management.
Having Simplis HR as a resource in your organization will help maintain the balance between the employees’ interests and the company. We are a people-centric HR team that upholds ethical and legal standards and treats employees or executives respectfully and fairly.
To learn more about us and our HR packages, visit https://simplishr.co.za/ to request a quote.
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