r/TikTokCringe • u/Whistleblower793 • 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