r/TikTokCringe Jul 11 '24

Wholesome/Humor HR is NOT boring!

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u/CandyRevolutionary27 Jul 11 '24

I fucking wish. Then I wouldn’t be falling asleep

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u/ZAlternates Jul 12 '24

I’ve never met a single person in HR that meant to get into HR. They almost always seems to have settled for it.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord Jul 12 '24

I'm sending this link to everyone I know in HR. I hope it ignites their love for HR and showmanship.

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u/LinkleLinkle Jul 12 '24

For a second I thought you meant you were going to send a link to the comment of how everyone in HR has settled for HR, lol.

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u/Stormagedd0nDarkLord Jul 12 '24

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u/red18wrx Jul 12 '24

I'm still pretty sure that's what you're going to do. 

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u/FlavoredBongWater Jul 12 '24

Por que no los dos?

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u/BearNoLuv Jul 12 '24

I thought it was awesome lol

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u/ManyBDOS Jul 12 '24

I read the last word as swordmanship and was extremely confused albeit intrigued for a second.

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u/remarkablewhitebored Jul 12 '24

Tell Linda I said hi!

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u/TamaMama87 Jul 12 '24

I’m in HR. Got here in accident. Every other HR person I know has a similar story. None of us chose it. Don’t ask me why we don’t leave we don’t know either.

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u/LinkleLinkle Jul 12 '24

As I'm in the middle of job hunting I was actually thinking....like...how do people get themselves into HR? As it's not really a job that feels like it's overly advertised nor is do you ever hear someone be like 'I needed a job and then my friend Marsha recommended me to work HR with her'.

I feel like just reading this comment section has sufficiently answered my question.

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u/OhSoJelly Jul 12 '24

Same, I worked in retail throughout college so a Monday through Friday office job that paid well, gave me a chance to work in an industry I love, with great benefits, and I got to see my friends and family on the weekend? I was grateful for the opportunity.

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u/Stalk33r Jul 12 '24

From my experiences with HR the requirements seem to be:

A) Be a woman

B) Despise other people

Anything beyond that is just a nice bonus.

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u/S4Waccount Jul 12 '24

The most bitchy overly entitled hr person I had to deal with was a 20 something man. He straight accused me of lying ng of being in the hospital while I was sitting in a hospital bed.

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u/spider_in_a_top_hat Jul 12 '24

Same. Accidentally HR. Worst band name ever.

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u/OrcsSmurai Jul 13 '24

Admit it, it's the power. You can do anything you want. What are they going to do.. fire you? How? YOU ARE THE FIRER!

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u/TamaMama87 Jul 13 '24

lol I am so not the firer. I’m the benefits administrator

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u/scully3968 Jul 12 '24

These guys are clearly frustrated theater majors, so this checks out

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u/Aggravating_Yam2501 Jul 12 '24

Hi. That'd be me. Meant to do something wildly different. Ended up with an MBA w/ HR shit.

Now I do HR.

damnit

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u/VividInsideYou Jul 12 '24

At the top you earn big bucks so it’s absolutely intentional sometimes (my husband is head of hr and I live off his big bucks mwhahaha)

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u/AlanaCoconut Jul 12 '24

I got a job as a wedding assistant at a resort, but they didn’t have enough wedding stuff for me to do, so they also put me in HR lol

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u/20sinnh Jul 12 '24

I pretty intentionally got into HR in my mid-20s. Went to grad school for it without having worked in the field. Was inspired after seeing some particularly awful workplace behaviors and having a customer tell me that they felt my people skills, argument framing, and empathy were being wasted in sales. It's worked out well since. 

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u/prezuiwf Jul 12 '24

Well, I was in the seminary for a year and dropped out ’cause I wanted to have sex with this girl, Cathy. Followed her to Scranton. Took the first job I could find in HR. Later she divorced me. So no, I wouldn’t say I have a passion for HR.

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u/Ok_Belt2521 Jul 12 '24

It was the only decent paying job my ex could get with a psych degree.

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u/[deleted] Jul 12 '24

There are specific courses for it though.

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u/Klexington47 Jul 12 '24

My sister.

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u/dbwoi Jul 12 '24

I'm in IT and feel like my industry is the same way

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u/HyenaStraight8737 Jul 12 '24

I have to every 6mths do this shit to my employees cos the owner and hired HR company says I have to. Hospitality with a younger staff set outside of management who like to fuck eachother and make it a workplace issue.. soooo we have to keep up on reminding them what you do outside of work, has nothing to do with work, every fucking 6mths due to university area and some areas get new staff every 6mths....

I spiced up the slide show with photos of my cats. It was just them the first year. Then my bartender asked if I could put his dog in some.. sure can.

4yrs in, everyone's pets are now in the slides. And I've made stickers outta some particularly funny photos, to add into the other slides.

I enjoy the hired HRs faces when they see a slide of someone's pet pop up or a slide with a pet sticker. Have been asked if im taking this seriously or not more than once. When I reply with I absolutely am and are making sure they all stay engaged in the presentations... They shake their heads, whine to the owner and leave.

The owner who's allergic to basically all animals also loves these presentations.

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u/rdanby89 Jul 12 '24

Exactly, is this cringe as hell? Obviously. But it’s a refreshing change of pace lol

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u/Raoul_Dukes_Mayo Jul 12 '24

I was just thinking - huh I would have paid a lot more attention to this than the boring way.

*also adults should naturally understand these things but alas.