—Kim Piper, HR manager, Wamego, Kan.
Manager: Hey, do you have a minute for a quick question?
Me: You bet. What’s up?
Two hours later …
—Emily Tietyen, SHRM-CP, HR director, Anduzzi’s Sports Club, Green Bay, Wis.
I’m processing an STD that will go into LTD that’s not covered by FML, but will need accommodations under ADA until they can RTW FT FD. Oh, this is also a WC.
—Patricia Matthews, employment manager, Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, Richmond, Va.
I have developed a PIP for my child.
—Tamara Bedford, human resources, Universal Mental Health Services, Winston-Salem, N.C.
No, you can’t! No, no, no.
—Maria Diaz, HR director, Vision Landscapes, Bonita Springs, Fla.
To save time, let’s just assume that I’m never wrong.
—Nazish Masood, HR executive, Prepac Engineering Industries (Pvt) Ltd., Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan
I fix problems you didn’t know you had.
—Darlene Burgess, SHRM-CP, HR manager, Franklin Street, Tampa, Fla.
Manager: I would like them to have 10+ years’ experience, be a superstar, have no personal life, previous experience with a Fortune 500 company, but I’d like to pay them like they just graduated college.
—Melissa Wagner, HR manager, Q Car Wash, Fort Worth, Texas
New hire: (Just finished his sexual-harassment training as part of the onboarding process.)
HR person: Congratulations! Here’s your certificate.
New hire: So … are you single?
—Ranyah Ghussein, HR generalist, Somerset, N.J.
I can’t cure crazy, but I can document it.
—Kerri Straw, SHRM-CP, senior HR consultant, OmniaHR, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
In order for you to receive the perfect attendance bonus, you must have perfect attendance. You called off 3 times, that’s not perfect attendance.
—Holly Trudeau, HR generalist, WHEMCO Inc., Pittsburgh
I’m your company’s first line of defense. The next is a law firm. I cost less.
—Chantice Cook, founder, Pathway HR Solutions, Cincinnati
So you are wondering why the employee is doing that. I know, let’s ASK them!
—Amy Stone Scannell, vice president, HR consulting services, OneDigital Health and Benefits, Boston
I’m sorry, I sent 948 reminders. How did you miss it?
—Kimberly Partridge, HR generalist, Talbert Building Supply, Durham, N.C.
I babysit adults.
—Liz Bligan, HR manager, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Philadelphia
I understand you feel picked on by your supervisor. Please understand
that everything they are telling you to do is BECAUSE IT’S YOUR JOB!!!
—Annie Wiechman, director of finance and human resources, Senior Care Pharmacy, Wichita, Kan.
Document, document, document.
—Sonja Jordan, HR director, T2 Utility Engineers, Pearland, Texas
When you are in the bathroom stall and they say, “Do you have a minute?”
—Ashley King Mills, senior director of operations, North Carolina Bar Association & Foundation, Cary, N.C.
When you’re so good at terminating people that they thank you when leaving your office.
—Cassie Barber, HR business partner, Cincinnati
People are
not the least of my worries.
—Hazel Le Gendre, quality assurance analyst, Republic Bank Limited, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Illustrations by John S. Dykes