Working as a Human Resource Person

Submitted by 3superkids on Tue, 2007-07-03 15:45. human behavior

My job as a Human Resource person is to be a loyal servant both for the Management and the workers. Neutrally, an HR must show 100% loyalty to both. Ironically, if problem occurs everything is blamed to HR. All blames but never been appreciated for all the good service provided for the Company and the workers. Nevertheless, I love what I’m doing. The only thing that I hate about my job is being the messenger of bad news for the employer.

Yesterday, the Managing Director who also happened to be the son of the owner of the Company where I work decided to terminate his Secretary. He said lately she constantly commit mistakes with her work and neglecting her duties and responsibilities. Since he is handling the highest position in the Company his order is a law. Nobody dared to oppose him else suffer his wrath. So my Manager obeyed the order and instructed me to prepare the Notice of Separation. Problem is we do not have enough grounds to terminate his Secretary. How can you terminate an employee just because the boss does not like her anymore? The Company has a Code of Conduct wherein every offense done must be referred to if indeed an employee committed violation. With the Secretary’s case though there is no offense done except that she pisses off the MD.

But since it’s my job to think of possible offense versus the Secretary I am duty bound to find one even if it is against my better judgment. To cut the story short I found a reason. Now the hardest part is informing the employee of the termination. There is no easy way to tell somebody about this kind of bad news. Many years of handling this job I still cannot avoid getting emotional. Many times after I served the notice I would spend more than an hour in the comfort room trying to stop the tears from flowing from my eyes. It’s just really distressing sometimes regardless of the cause of the dismissal.

This is my job though and part of my duty is to obey what the Company requires me to do. When the time comes that “choice” is already an option I would leave my job. Until then I will do what I’ve got to do as an employee to earn a living.