I QUOTE

This quote was said to me by a senior HR manager who has had diversified experience and this quote epitomizes the role of a HR person.

all the products in the world come with a product catalog the only exception to it is humans

And i have a chosen a profession which deals with people and i emphasized on the inner meaning behind that was the unpredictability of what you could face and how to face it


Cheers

Arvind

Talent retention and prediction analysis a critical view

I was recently at the Chennai chapter of NHRD and the topic discussed was talent retention and management which was thought provoking.

But there were certain things which I felt needed proper addressing the speaker Priya Gopalakrishnan was talking about her experience in HLL and "how a person was almost shaped up to take over from others because of the sheer experience under them and today it is not possible so and people have to be promoted early.

But I felt that this was the case cause if we take the scenario 15 years back employees still had the lingering sense of loyalty as changing jobs very often was not socially acceptable unlike now where it is a part of the culture.

And based on that I was reading this article on prediction analysis where people try to find out how long an employee can stay with a firm. My frank opinion is it that I can’t figure out how it works? Now if you are pessimistic with your predictions then you expect nothing from your people and that is worse or if you’re too optimistic you end up banking on one guy which violates the basic HR principle.

So my take on this is that prediction analysis needs more time to grow to be assessed how powerful it can be as a tool.

HR at its worst

The reason why I am writing this post is still unclear to me. This was about the practices in an organization which disturbed me to an extent that I was questioning myself how I can share the same profession with these people. The actual incident was when I was speaking to a family friend of mine and in a general discussion about his office and my foray into asking for fieldwork and internship. His organization is one of India's biggest private organizations in renewable energy with a concerted presence pan India and then he revealed me the facts that it was worthless to try it in his organization as the HR managers do not even interact with the staff and only talk with their bosses. I felt shocked but this was just the tip of the iceberg the next incident he narrated caught me off guard and I was stunned. He told me about a HR practice which is followed on the presence of the managing director he described the incident so vividly that showed the anger in him. He told me that whenever the MD arrives to the office in Chennai. The office of the organization is bolted inside and people are supposed to stand in a queue like school children to wish him this is a must for all employees and then when he leaves this process has to be followed again and he was venting his fury at the HR department. I was wondering in the time we are wondering on employee engagement and employee morale we are seeing these things also. If anyone has heard practices like this I would be more than eager to listen and just hope this acts are removed.

Cheers
Arvind Srikantan