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HR BESTIES

Don't Kill The Messengers / Us

HR BESTIES

HR Besties LLC

Management, Business

4.8586 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Besties are talking about how HR is often scapegoated for decisions made by other departments or higher-ups, and they want to remind everyone that HR is usually just the messenger, not the decision-maker,

Empathy in HR is so important and it's a huge asset in dealing with difficult situations.

At the end of the day ... HR has challenges and rewards, and the Besties encourage those interested in HR to pursue it, despite the difficulties.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You know what people forget to do when they pack for vacation?

0:05.0

Tell me.

0:06.1

They forgot to go through their work email.

0:09.1

Because you know, when you take PTO and your boss is already begrudging that you've taken this time off and taken time away, they will jump on your email and go through the search function, right?

0:21.8

How many times have you had someone that's like, oh, I stumbled upon this email?

0:25.0

I was covering their email, and I came across this email from 2015 where they were talking

0:29.8

shit about me.

0:31.0

And you're like, just come clean.

0:34.1

We all know how that search function works.

0:36.2

You go out, you got to make sure that your email is tidied up. You got to search your manager's name. You got to search all those people's name because when they are covering for your email, they are coming for themselves, right?

0:47.8

Also, highly suggest just doing it off a company property. Yeah. Like text message?

0:53.1

Mm-hmm. Yeah. Keep it clean. Or video chat. That Or video chat. So you're saying that you have people in your email. People, yeah. Because if sometimes you may go out and someone will cover your email. I've never done. I've never. I never. Never. No. Never. Yeah. Like we've had shared mailboxes. No, I've had it.

1:11.1

I've had it. I've had it with a colleague. Oh, my God. And it was incredibly helpful because we would go back and forth. And so we could see how we responded to things. Oh, yeah. To things. You mean I could have had someone doing my work for me? Literally. While I was on PTO this entire time. Yes. 100% or even just generally.

1:28.9

It's been nearly 20 years of me just working.

1:31.0

What do I think about? doing my work for me. Literally. While I was on PTO this entire time. Yes. What the hell is wrong with me?

1:27.9

Even just generally, you can make sure.

1:29.4

It's been nearly 20 years of me just working. What am I doing? Oh, they respond into this already. This is how you can use this. But at times, if someone is ever jumping in and covering your mind. And then people get offensive. They're like, that's my personal email. Yeah.

1:41.5

It can be damning.

1:42.4

It's odd.

1:43.3

But when the boss jumps in, I guarantee they're going to be searching for their name and see what you have, what you have to say about them. And that is, and that is a humbling experience for people. Yes. But yes. But people claim they stumbled upon it. They did not. Oh, yeah. You don't stumble upon that from 10 years ago in my email. We all know. When you're at your busiest, what are you going to do? You're going to find something to procrastinate on, right?

2:03.1

Yeah. So if you have something and you're at your busiest, what are you going to do?

2:01.1

You're going to find something to procrastinate on, right?

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