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Originally posted by Eclipse
As I frequently tell people at my company (especially associates who want me to get their manager fired or repremanded) my job as a HR professional is to advise . I cannot make a manager or anyone else do anything. If they are doing something illegal, trying to hire an unqualified person, being a jerk, etc. I will advise them of a better way to handle it, notify the people that need to know and the potential consequences and let the chips fall where they may. Many times we in HR have advised for/against a hire, for/against firings or other action, etc. only to have the department head do the exact opposite. Usually what happens then is that we are expected to come in and clean up the mess.
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So true. My law firm specializes in labor & employment law. Most of the contacts at our clients' companies are either the president/ceo of the company, or the...you guessed it...HR manager. 9 times out of 10 the HR person is calling us, all stressed out b/c the manager has gone off and done something on a whim, and left the HR person to "clean up" after him and to ensure that if it wasn't legal, it becomes so.