Why HR managers are having it harder than you

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Ñ EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 5:01 A.M. ET ON SATURDAY, AUG. 3, 2024. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS Ñ A hat displays the name of Hebba YoussefÕs newsletter at her office in Vienna, Va., on July 17, 2024. Youssef, the chief people officer at Workweek, says human resources employees are compassionate, but many employees view them as evil.  (Alyssa Schukar/The New York Times)

Human resources employees are compassionate, but many employees view them as evil.

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Show of hands: Who’s fed up with human resources?

The HR department bugs a lot of employees and managers, and it seems to have more detractors than ever since the pandemic began. That was when HR began to administer rules about remote work and pay transparency, programmes to improve diversity, equity and inclusion, and every­thing else that has rattled and changed the workplace in the past four years.

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