Have you ever worked in Human Resources - or had a job

[soleft]

where you had to fire people.

I'm wondering if having a job like that forces you to form more friendships outside of work, and how long can you work a job like without the stress getting to you. I once had a job where I had to supervise about a dozen people and the stress killed me, now I supervise no one and am much happier.

[NMDemDist2]

1. i own my own business and have employed and supervised

up to 8 people, that was plenty for me

[Lou_C]

2. I worked in a large company that shut down plants in small towns

It broke my heart every time I had to figure out what benefits that they had going to them and I kept thinking about what type of life that they would have after the plant shut down.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

3. Guess that's why you never made it to CEO, CFO, etc

... they seem to have no problems sending jobs outsourced, offshored, or downsized.. even when their companies are in the black.

:nopity:

[Paradise]

4. When not at work, I don't want to see or speak to anyone!

I enjoy reading on DU, in small doses, posting occasionally, and inhaling books, voraciously. That Human Resources is extremely draining, is an understatement. If I didn't hibernate evenings, and weekends, I would not be able to continue nor survive. :nopity:

[Bonhomme Richard]

5. I had the authority to hire and fire.....................

I didn't have a problem firing any of the people under me except one. If I fired someone it was because I couldn't trust them. I was very lenient but dishonesty I wouldn't tolerate. The one I had a problem firing was because the directive came from the president of the company and I could not justify firing the guy just because someone didn't like him. At the end of the day I did fire him and immediately tendered my resignation. Hah, that was a $70,000/year job back 20 years ago. I must have been crazy but principals matter.
Side note: Haven't made that kind of money since.LOL

[ringmastery]

6. I would prefer not to have authority to fire someone

You never know these days.

You fire the wrong person...they could go postal on your ass and you could end up six feet under. Crazy world.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. i do

i have to hire people...

[Lars39]

8. My husband did.

He was supervisor of the state's tax relief program. About 20 folks under him, a few upper level guys over him, on the hot-seat occasionally to reps, on the hot-seat to county trustees and city tax collectors every single day. The experience totally burnt him out after about 10 yrs, and he is a people-person. He is now self-employed and much happier.

[davsand]

9. Most of the time people fire themselves.

At least in the places I've worked, anyhow. I never had someone TELL me to fire anyone--it was always my call and my conscience involved.

The first time I had to fire anybody, it was a bartender that I caught stealing. I just felt sick about it--but no way could I let her stay after I saw her stealing. That would have been unfair to every other employee who WASN'T stealing, plus, it was unfair to the club who was paying her wages.

I called her into my office and told her she was no longer on the schedule, and she got really ugly and really nasty--started swearing at me. I was amazed. I was expecting this big tearful scene, and instead, this gal was standing there screaming and swearing at me!

I finally got her out of my office by telling her to leave before I called the police. I will never forget her screaming at me, "You are so fu*&ed!" I also never forgot the impulse that made me respond, "No, you are--you just got fired for theft." THAT pretty much summed it up as far as I was concerned.

I didn't make her steal, and I never made her act that way. It was her decisions that led to it, and all I was doing was my job--protecting the interests of the club and the rest of the employees.

I've managed a variety of people over the years, and that basic truth has never changed.


Laura

[stavka]

10. I have fired - or administrativly moved people on

It's never pleasent, but they all did it to themselves....I do work in for a public university, and much of the performance stuff is left to me/ budget related ? - well then it becomes even more performance related.

I've found the more regulated civil servant and union jobs get, the worse the performance - making the initial hiring process really important

[HEyHEY]

11. I was a manager of a shoe store - a crappy shoe store

I liked hiring people though.