Controversy at AAAS

[Balladeer08]

http://michael-balter.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/why-i-have-taken-leave-of-absence-from.html

It would appear their Human Relations Dept. lacks humanity.

 

[RobDownSouth]

http://michael-balter.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/why-i-have-taken-leave-of-absence-from.html

It would appear their Human Relations Dept. lacks humanity.

Shit you want to hear about an HR department lacking humanity?

I managed the internal systems for a software company in Florida once. I got a request for a custom data querry against the HR database: They wanted the names of the employees ranked by how many insurance claims they'd made and how much. (The company was self-insured at the time).

Lo and behold, two weeks later we have layoffs and the only folks laid off were the top 20 users of insurance. One woman had a husband who'd been in a car accident...gone. One woman had a reaction to diabetes medication...gone. One guy had a coronary bypass...gone.

A number of us started sending out resumes after that little episode.

 

[Balladeer08]

Shit you want to hear about an HR department lacking humanity?

I managed the internal systems for a software company in Florida once. I got a request for a custom data querry against the HR database: They wanted the names of the employees ranked by how many insurance claims they'd made and how much. (The company was self-insured at the time).

Lo and behold, two weeks later we have layoffs and the only folks laid off were the top 20 users of insurance. One woman had a husband who'd been in a car accident...gone. One woman had a reaction to diabetes medication...gone. One guy had a coronary bypass...gone.

A number of us started sending out resumes after that little episode.

Did anyone send a copy of the request for query & results to the laid off employees? That could make their case for wrongful termination.

 

[Que]

Shit you want to hear about an HR department lacking humanity?

I managed the internal systems for a software company in Florida once. I got a request for a custom data querry against the HR database: They wanted the names of the employees ranked by how many insurance claims they'd made and how much. (The company was self-insured at the time).

Lo and behold, two weeks later we have layoffs and the only folks laid off were the top 20 users of insurance. One woman had a husband who'd been in a car accident...gone. One woman had a reaction to diabetes medication...gone. One guy had a coronary bypass...gone.

A number of us started sending out resumes after that little episode.

There is only one "r" in query. FWIW there is only one "e" as well.

 

[miles]

Throb hasn't had a fucking job in years. He sounds just like LT, his compadre.

 

[RobDownSouth]

There is only one "r" in Queerbait™. FWIW there is only one "e" as well.

I know, Mr. Spelling Bee champ. I didn't want the Q word to autosubstitute your query name this one time.

Throb hasn't had a fucking job in years. He sounds just like LT, his compadre.

הילדים שלך צריכים למות בשריפה.

 

[Sean]

They're in the process of laying off a hundred people from one of the departments in our place. management have spent the last few days firing anyone with even a late mark against them.

 

[toubab]

Shit you want to hear about an HR department lacking humanity?

I managed the internal systems for a software company in Florida once. I got a request for a custom data querry against the HR database: They wanted the names of the employees ranked by how many insurance claims they'd made and how much. (The company was self-insured at the time).

Lo and behold, two weeks later we have layoffs and the only folks laid off were the top 20 users of insurance. One woman had a husband who'd been in a car accident...gone. One woman had a reaction to diabetes medication...gone. One guy had a coronary bypass...gone.

A number of us started sending out resumes after that little episode.

This is quite common. It's just not done so blatantly most of the time. Businesses are not charities.