Dear Seniors
I m working in an Audit Firm since 14 months, I have HR generalist Profile. This firm is run by 2 partners, total employee strength is 200, and HR Department consists of HR Manager and HR Coordinator (myself). My concerns are:
HR Department is not at all involved in meetings or any communication at planning stage related to recruitment, training and development, appraisals, or any other issues related to employees.
Top management takes decision and implements them as per their conveniences and HR comes to know from external sources, In order to explain the situation please let me give examples
Top management, planned for recruitment, drafted the print ad, designed entire application process online with IT department, Published the recruitment ad in newspaper, applicants started applying, all this happenings in the company, I or my HR Manager (so he says) were not aware or informed of this developments. Until one candidate calls to follow up regarding the advertisement, I was surprised, upset and felt humiliated to be ignored so drastically by the management. I m dedicated to my work. I proactively seek information and keep myself updated with happenings around, I make report after reports what management asks from me and I fairly present good amount of information with what skills I posses. I confronted my HR manager on this development, but he says he is equally surprised at this breaking news. I told him to speak to top management about this; I told him this is humiliation. He said he can’t discuss this issue with top management; they are owners, if they like to keep things discreet, they can, and we can’t question them.
Entire training and development plan for the current year was designed by few technical managers in discussion with the partners and once everything was finalized, a mail was sent to HR along with all participants with the final training plan. The training is into chapters and after end of very chapter, audience have to gives tests, this test score collection responsibility is given to a typist in the firm, and the secretary of the partner is advised to coordinate the training program entirely from feedbacks, results to summarizing the learning of the staff. Don’t you think this are responsibility of HRs, in the mail, there is no mention of any HR Involvement.
Technical Managers recruit staff as per their need and whims, and this candidates are screened, interviewed, offered and join the firm so discreetly, I m not informed, involved in this process, one fine day I see a new face, or they come to me for some work, and when I ask them who are they, they say they are working with the firms since so n so days or months. I feel so surprised, when I question this actions of the management and put forward my cause to my Manager, he just brushes me aside, saying that, “deal with it”, this is how family owned companies work.
I don’t understand why so much of secrecy is practiced in simple, neutral, routine functions of HRs. What could be the reasons to keep HRs away from decision making related to HR functions at least. I posses experience, qualification, analytical skills and good understanding of my job, then why I m not being involved.
As HR I appear worthless in this firm, and its affecting my morale and enthusiasm towards my job, How M I suppose to contribute when I m not even asked to or involved in matters so directly related to my job here.
I m feeling depressed and lost, if I leave this job it would cause stability issues in my career graph. Please advise a way to work around this situation.
Thanks
Hussain
I m working in an Audit Firm since 14 months, I have HR generalist Profile. This firm is run by 2 partners, total employee strength is 200, and HR Department consists of HR Manager and HR Coordinator (myself). My concerns are:
HR Department is not at all involved in meetings or any communication at planning stage related to recruitment, training and development, appraisals, or any other issues related to employees.
Top management takes decision and implements them as per their conveniences and HR comes to know from external sources, In order to explain the situation please let me give examples
Top management, planned for recruitment, drafted the print ad, designed entire application process online with IT department, Published the recruitment ad in newspaper, applicants started applying, all this happenings in the company, I or my HR Manager (so he says) were not aware or informed of this developments. Until one candidate calls to follow up regarding the advertisement, I was surprised, upset and felt humiliated to be ignored so drastically by the management. I m dedicated to my work. I proactively seek information and keep myself updated with happenings around, I make report after reports what management asks from me and I fairly present good amount of information with what skills I posses. I confronted my HR manager on this development, but he says he is equally surprised at this breaking news. I told him to speak to top management about this; I told him this is humiliation. He said he can’t discuss this issue with top management; they are owners, if they like to keep things discreet, they can, and we can’t question them.
Entire training and development plan for the current year was designed by few technical managers in discussion with the partners and once everything was finalized, a mail was sent to HR along with all participants with the final training plan. The training is into chapters and after end of very chapter, audience have to gives tests, this test score collection responsibility is given to a typist in the firm, and the secretary of the partner is advised to coordinate the training program entirely from feedbacks, results to summarizing the learning of the staff. Don’t you think this are responsibility of HRs, in the mail, there is no mention of any HR Involvement.
Technical Managers recruit staff as per their need and whims, and this candidates are screened, interviewed, offered and join the firm so discreetly, I m not informed, involved in this process, one fine day I see a new face, or they come to me for some work, and when I ask them who are they, they say they are working with the firms since so n so days or months. I feel so surprised, when I question this actions of the management and put forward my cause to my Manager, he just brushes me aside, saying that, “deal with it”, this is how family owned companies work.
I don’t understand why so much of secrecy is practiced in simple, neutral, routine functions of HRs. What could be the reasons to keep HRs away from decision making related to HR functions at least. I posses experience, qualification, analytical skills and good understanding of my job, then why I m not being involved.
As HR I appear worthless in this firm, and its affecting my morale and enthusiasm towards my job, How M I suppose to contribute when I m not even asked to or involved in matters so directly related to my job here.
I m feeling depressed and lost, if I leave this job it would cause stability issues in my career graph. Please advise a way to work around this situation.
Thanks
Hussain