Seeking your expert advice on handling favouritism at work. How HR can ensure fair treatment to all when every key decision makers (6 Directors) have their own favourites. They are ready to deviate any policy for their favourite employee without much bothering about its impact on the organization’s culture, examples we are setting as an organization, lessons people are picking from such deviations. It’s a small organization of approx.550 employees, where we can’t afford the long term impacts of such deviations.And our Directors don't appreciate if same favouritism is displayed by the GM/Managers-HOD.
Our Directors wants us to sit in the annual appraisal of all employees because they want nobody should play favourites & nobody should underestimate those who performed well only because he don’t have good relationship with his reporting seniors. In short we don’t trust the assessment of our HODs(HODs has also provided valid reasons for this). And HR being a neutral person is suppose to keep this favouritism out from the system. Sitting in all appraisal is too time consuming & it results into delay of approx 5 months in increment letter distribution . we have 2 HR for annual Appraisals. What should we do to ensure as an organization we should be fair with our people & don’t set wrong examples at the same time give increment letters on time.
Our Directors wants us to sit in the annual appraisal of all employees because they want nobody should play favourites & nobody should underestimate those who performed well only because he don’t have good relationship with his reporting seniors. In short we don’t trust the assessment of our HODs(HODs has also provided valid reasons for this). And HR being a neutral person is suppose to keep this favouritism out from the system. Sitting in all appraisal is too time consuming & it results into delay of approx 5 months in increment letter distribution . we have 2 HR for annual Appraisals. What should we do to ensure as an organization we should be fair with our people & don’t set wrong examples at the same time give increment letters on time.