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binxbolling on Aug 17, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Jeff Bezos Says Amazon Won’t Tolerate ‘Callous’ Ma...

...and training, succession planning, workforce planning, onboarding, offboarding, retention and attrition, re-locations, HRIS management, coaching, etc.

Not sure most people really understand what HR does, just as HR arguably doesn't understand what a developer does.

lightbritefight on Aug 17, 2015 | [–]

I think a lot people have had very different experience as to what HR does. It can range from the above, to "very little." Its this nebulousness that really accounts for the variety of opinions.

eonw on Aug 17, 2015 | [–]

at my employer, many of these are done by our team and we tell HR what we want.

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