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Business 2.0 released its 101 Dumbest Moments in Business for 2006. Coming in at Number 27 was the Dumbest Moment in Human Resources:
From: RadioShack
To: RadioShack employees
Subject: Your former job
In August, RadioShack fires 400 staffers via e-mail. Affected employees receiv ... Continue reading »
From: RadioShack
To: RadioShack employees
Subject: Your former job
In August, RadioShack fires 400 staffers via e-mail. Affected employees receiv ... Continue reading »
2 years ago
Newspaper reports suggest they were 'waiting him out'. As a result of media coverage, the company yesterday agreed to pay about 50% of the amount he would have received under voluntary redundancy - around AUD $50,000. The man's 3 children, all under 20, will now have some money to rely on. The gentleman in question is expected to pass away today.
A new winner???
2 years ago
2 years ago
I bet none of these folks who made these decisions said, "let's do something stupid for the company today." They probably are "staffed lean", "moving quickly", "with a bias toward action". Maybe the decision was made far away by people who think that HR is the place where their brillant ideas get executed.
Too many times the impulse to solve the problem submitted by a corporate superior is so overwhelming we forget to think and we forget our ethics and we forget common sense and decency. But, we keep on going until our actions appear in one of these articles.
What to do? Beats me. I will suggest here, though that there is almost always a few mintues to ask "what are we really trying to accomplish here" and then the better question, "is there anything more basic that we are trying to accomplish?" If you also get to ask "what is it that we really mean to communicate", it might not be such a bad day after all.
Final preachy thought for the evening - if you don't have the guts to occationaly use the phrase "because it's the right thing to do" you don't deserve to be in HR.
JT
2 years ago
It is astonishing how boneheaded some decisions can be...and I bet you're right, that people didn't start out trying to make bad decisions. I've often thought that HR appeals to two types of people: those who genuinely like people, and those who want to stick it to people. Teaching has a parallel: the teacher who cares about students and sees them as individuals, and the other type, who didn't like school, and now is going to make it as unpleasant and painful as possible. I like Type 1: The Good Guys.
"Having a place at the table" means standing up and doing what's right, even when doing what's right isn't the most expedient or politically palatable.