Why Is HR Often Undervalued Despite Their Crucial Role in Company Success?

I would like to know, due to the smaller number of HR personnel compared to the technical, finance, and production teams, HR tends to be treated as expendable. Even though HR oversees the entire company's operations, sets salaries based on the company's profit and loss, and works under immense pressure to handle criticism from top-level management and grievances from lower-level employees, comments like 'stingy' or 'selfish' are often made, and HR is not compensated as expected. They are like soldiers caught between the commands of the King and the enemies. Without HR, big organizations cannot thrive or achieve remarkable feats with the internal control they provide.

Share your thoughts on how to elevate the esteem and ensure proper salary standards for HR, which are yet to be clearly defined.

Ravi

Hi Ravi, I'm also Ravi. HR is not football.

HR is a clever, selfish agent which fools both employees and management for self-benefits.

Hi, even I am Ravi, but it was not well said by Ravi. HR is a clever, unselfish agent who brings together both employees and management for organizational benefits.

Hi, I am Divya. In this discussion, I would like to add that although HR acts as a mediator between lower management and top-level management, without HR, a company cannot progress. The duty of an HR is basically to keep their employees happy, and if employees are satisfied, then of course the company will be satisfied in both monetary and non-monetary terms.

Hi Ravi,

If I have to explain in plain footballing terms, then HR is like a midfielder who has to both defend and support his defenders and also act as a supplier to the strikers so that they can score goals to win, and the victory is attributed to the team effort.

A war is won by surviving rather than dying, so a good HR professional is a person who can help win the war with minimum casualties.

Hi Ravi,

I think HR means:

HONEST

REPRESENTATIVE

(of management as well as employees).

I, of course, feel an HR is the MOST DIPLOMATIC employee of a company.

Hi all,

HR is the bridge between the employees and the organization where we facilitate by communicating and finding solutions for grievances. To say "HR is the heart of the company." Never be in a thought that you are a selfish agent. To say confidently and proudly, it's you (HR) who are in the department that mainly thinks and works for employee satisfaction and then automatically for the organization's satisfaction.

Regards,
Santhosh Kumar

Dear Ravi,

I would say one of the key words is alignment. The HR Manager is the change agent and, by design, the leader. If the role is internalized by the HR Manager and clarified to all in the organization, I am sure there is no possibility of getting marginalized. The approach has to be proactive and not reactive.

Best regards,
Deepak.

Dear Ravi,

You know HRs are actually only the middleman between the senior management and the employees. The things that the seniors cannot say are made to be said by the HR. However, HRs have to be very clear in handling all the issues very tactfully. A single wrong statement to either of the groups is going to create trouble or problems in the organization and impact the lives of the employees. Therefore, HRs, in my belief, are the most important as well as clever individuals in the organization. That is the only reason why no one tries to bother the HR in the organization. ;)

Thanks and regards,
Sohini :) :)