I wonder how HR feels about all this

A few months ago I was talking to a recruiter about coming back to Fidelity after I got laid off. When I spoke to them, they said something like "it's a huge relief I don't have to explain that whole connect week thing to you compared to other people I call". They also said "yeah... it's gonna be an experiment".

From the outside looking in, you can tell a lot of these people in HR have opinions on what's going on that they don't want to be outward about. Anti bootlicking opinions. Or at least that's what I see. They hate the new laws of the land, they're just the ones that have to enforce them.

So, if you're in HR, if you feel comfortable sharing, what do you think about all this?

#Culture #EmployeeRelations #Feedback #HR #Layoff

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HR loves RTO because it's job security for them. "Truancy officer" is another role that can't be outsourced or given to AI

Strong leadership is publicly saying you have made a decision.Abby has never done that. as it stands we only know the messenger. we have never heard. Abby say it's her. it's all corporate "we" speak passed through many layers of good intentioned people trying to soften news that they think is bad and disagree with. we don't know the original source. Abby feels absent. rumor is somebody else is calling the shots in the c-suite?

After 5 years of repeating the narrative about dynamic working and how great it is and how we'll never go back, I bet they are not happy about having to do a complete 180 over night and start delivering a new message. No one takes you seriously and I certainly wouldn't want to be in that position.

@a6 yes, common sense

HR really is just the messenger. It’s so strange how they are blamed for everything at Fidelity and managers/ leaders at the top are not. I left.

I've heard leaders say "This is a family-owned business, and they are making the decisions"

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