Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

23. I have said it before...

Reply to Teamster Jeff (Reply #13)

Sat Feb 21, 2015, 11:27 PM

Feb 2015

not sure if I have here, but I think the change from "Personnel" to "Human Resources" has a sublimal message. What do you do with resources? You exploit them.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

25 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Your HR Department Hates You: How Corporate Overseers Exploit Workers [View all] xchrom Feb 2015 OP

"becoming cold wardens of the workplace" woo me with science Feb 2015 #1

I retired from employment in a government (state) agency. HR could not have been more helpful. Shrike47 Feb 2015 #2

it was also around this time (1980's) that CEOs, instead of working their way up the ladder, DrDan Feb 2015 #3

+1 Enthusiast Feb 2015 #7

Hey - give Carl Icahn a little credit for developing the game - hedgehog Feb 2015 #9

yep - TWA-killer DrDan Feb 2015 #22

GE's Jack Welch - loathed and despised by the engineers who worked for GE Divernan Feb 2015 #11

I remember when I became a resource hootinholler Feb 2015 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author hootinholler Feb 2015 #5

Umm, thats a bit of nostalgic bullshit. X_Digger Feb 2015 #6

Agree. It varied. Hoppy Feb 2015 #8

I was raised at a time when company loyalty ran in two directions; hedgehog Feb 2015 #10

Sorry, I can't agree with very much of that article as being ALL companies or... George II Feb 2015 #12

Correction: Not "exploit workers". Change to "exploit associates". nm Teamster Jeff Feb 2015 #13

I have said it before... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #23

"Many of the employees identified as undesirable are often “older” workers." Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #14

Being pushed out of a job at 50, even as young as 40, is a violation of Federal law.... George II Feb 2015 #15

Like the article said, age discrimination lawsuits are difficult to prove and expensive Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #16

They're not impossible to prove and in many cases the state's Human Rights Commission..... George II Feb 2015 #18

Good for you! Good post. Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #19

Thanks. What I didn't get into was.... George II Feb 2015 #21

laws don't mean anything awoke_in_2003 Feb 2015 #24

Entirely false! George II Feb 2015 #25

Another ploy is to make HR hard to find csziggy Feb 2015 #17

As opposed to other countries. moondust Feb 2015 #20