Human resources

Stevyamda

HR, what's the point? In all my years of working all they have done is fk things up, no knowledge of what anyone does, limited business acumen but always manage to screw you over. Last year I'm found inside IR35 because HR thought I should be, no other engineer on my project is. Bah...

This week, HR haven't upset knitware for a while, let's suggest he takes a PAYE role and not renew his contract, 'what does he do again...?'

What is the role, point, of HR, anyone know?

Dynlingan

Recruitment, processing starters, leavers, salaries, pensions, disciplinaries, grievances, training, development, policies and procedures.

Some of them can have a "Computer says No" approach. However they do tend to be staffed by a high percentage of posh yummy mummies so y'know.....

Westman

I did mine as part of a broader HR upskilling course and found that shrm certification gave me a decent grounding. It’s not magic, but it helped make sense of some of the vaguer stuff and gave me a framework to work with. If you’ve already got experience, it’ll probably just fill in a few gaps and give you the right lingo to use in trickier conversations.