What does YOUR company/agency's HR dept do?

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Originally posted by Lil' Hannah
I work in HR you jerkies.

Me too, Hannah and I am used to people blaming everything on the evil HR people (think Catbert from Dilbert) LOL

So, winneythepooh and Lady Pi Phi, what happened in your situations?

As I frequently tell people at my company (especially associates who want me to get their manager fired or reprimanded) 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.