My company won’t hire hr
There are big culture problems and several sexual harassment complaints at my company but they refuse to hire hr. From many of the posts on here it seems like no one trusts hr but this seems like case where the presence of hr would be a good thing. Am I wrong to think the reluctance to hire hr is concerning?
HR always gets blamed. Watch The Office. Now, I am aware of really bad HR department (yikes, Uber), but I also have really good first-hand experience with my ex-employer and I think my current employer’s HR department is pretty good so far. HR is usually made up of several functional teams (recruitment, benefits, actual HR). Your company’s refusal to hire HR is a cultural issue and definitely a poor leadership. First, as the company continues to grow, the company needs other professionals to help running day-to-day operation. Your boss can’t manage everything and if he/she does, gtfo this company as quickly as you can. If leadership refuses to address sexual harassment. Gtfo asap! Sexual harassment should be taken very seriously. The way to deal with complaints should be : manager, hr, executives, whistle blowing. If your manager is not trustworthy, go to HR. If HR and executives are indifferent and even threatening you, go public. If I ever run a company, I will have my email available to my employees to report shit to me if they don’t feel safe. I would even welcome them file police report. Executives should always emphasize values and actually mean to execute values. If HR can’t do shit, either the HR leadership sucks ass, or the company as a whole sucks ass. Actually, the executives are a bunch of losers, because they refuse to give HR the proper trust and importance in the company.
This response is spot on: "The way to deal with complaints should be : manager, hr, executives, whistle blowing. If your manager is not trustworthy, go to HR. If HR and executives are indifferent and even threatening you, go public. If I ever run a company, I will have my email available to my employees to report shit to me if they don’t feel safe. I would even welcome them file police report. Executives should always emphasize values and actually mean to execute values. If HR can’t do shit, either the HR leadership sucks ass, or the company as a whole sucks ass. Actually, the executives are a bunch of losers, because they refuse to give HR the proper trust and importance in the company."
As someone who works at a company dealing with a lot of chaos and shitty culture, I can't imagine if we didn't have any HR. Not sure how big your company is, but the fact that they are even hesitating or that this isn't a priority to them makes me wonder about what else they prioritize over the safety of their employees. It also makes me wonder about their overall ethics.
Just punish them with lawsuits. Then they’ll get HR.
If people have reported sexual harassment before and they still won't hire HR, can't they also be sued for negligence if it happens again since they didn't take reasonable precautions? I'm not an attorney but that sounds like negligence to me!
PSA: Never get legal advice from Blind. No matter how good it sounds, ask an actual lawyer.
Suing should be avoided at all costs, because it will certainly take its toll on you. If they are resisting hiring human resources, then that is an ENORMOUS red flag. Do you really want to work for a company that is not respecting your safety and wellbeing?
Just get out. If they aren't taking this issue seriously now, then they never will.
Who do people report sexual harassment to now?
Don’t want to go into all that, but you can probably put it together. It has been incredibly hectic there the past few weeks with all this.
Report them and find another job. https://www.eeoc.gov/federal/fed_employees/filing_complaint.cfm
And out them Blind!
Wow thanks for all the responses.
Yes it's concerning. Find another job.
Love this user name, too funny for the moment.
Even if your company does get HR, their lack of action to do so promptly demonstrates that whomever is in charge cannot be trusted at least when it comes to the safety of you and your co-workers. Have they mentioned why the hesitation? Actually it doesn't even matter if they have answered why. Actions speak louder than words and the bottom line is, that they didn't take appropriate action.
🏃♀️💨
This is the most appropriate response to your post so far. ^