https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-07-30-whats-wrong-with-hr-and-how-can-it-be-fixed I thought this article was insightful. In my experience, HR at game companies has always been there as a shield for the company, not for the employees. It's essentially a way to shield a company from lawsuits. I think most people…
I understand that Human Resources in pretty much any industry is there to protect the company which employs them that part as always been obvious to me. I think the act of fixing what goes wrong with HR is a bit more complicated because it requires a lot of accountability and systems to change. HR doesn't really have power…
The other side of the argument, in all fairness... If you start your own studio, and it's growing well, you'll eventually need to protect your investment. It takes just one mentally unstable employee (or harassing manager) to totally screw your hard-earned studio, getting you into legal hot water, churning your savings…
Having HR investigate employee harassment complaints is like when the cops investigate themselves for wrong-doing. There has to be non-affiliated oversight. But that doesn't produce any profit, so only the state could provide that. Seeing as how, at least here in America, or top dog is a serial abuser of just about every…
yeah i dont fault the individual. HR guy has to feed his kids too and he wont keep his job taking the side of someone on suicide mission. It's a bad situation for humans any time there is disconnection between people who have big impact on each others lives. I just try to avoid the environment altogether. Maybe with all…