What ever happened with the CEOs threatening to fire people if Obama was re-elected?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by likwid

we have now seen an example of HR running the company instead of being a service of the company as it should be.

I sincerely hope you aren't saying that I provided an example of HR "running the company". I said HR is called in if there is an issue which requires HR expertise.

I work for a commercial lines insurance company.

If HR ran my company, we would be in serious trouble.. They handle the HR work - benefits, consulting on hiring and firing (making sure all laws are followed), all the pointless BS training like sexual harassment, etc...

I work smack in the middle of our business side of things, and I have almost no interaction with HR unless there is an issue which requires their expertise. If all the supervisors in the business were experts on all the labor laws, we wouldn't need an HR department, would we?

The folks in HR are not required to pass actuarial exams, nor are they required to know how to do the SQL programming for our data syatems...we have subject matter experts that handle that. Along those lines, actuaries are not required to be well-versed on labor law. I know not to pat the girls on their fannies for a job well done...