Most people feel they have interpersonal skills and end up on the roster of a human resources team to pursue their passion and derive profit from it. But over the course of a few years, the troublesome and somewhat chaotic environment of the workplace fills even the most passionate of HR personnel into souls devoid of empathy. This is because of terrible people at work who leech off of their compassion.
1) Self entitled shmucks
Some people feel that the entire world just revolves around them and should obey all their whims and desires. They carry this lackadaisical, destructive approach to the workplace by somehow dodging all the screening methods set up during the recruitment phase. Perhaps the main reason why they were hired at all in the first place was because they somehow managed to win over the boss exclusively through their charm.
The boss allows their self entitled behavior to run amok at the workplace, leaving HR to clean up after them. If it were up to HR however, they would probably fire this person, but since the boss is head over heels for this person, they will have to put up with their bad behavior.
2) People who want promotions without deserving them
These people want promotions to a senior position despite not doing a good job with their current one. The only reasons why they’re still on the payroll is because they somehow manage to somehow not botch things completely up and because no one else has applied to fill in their positions yet. It infuriates HR to no end when they’re constantly pestered by these incompetent workers who end up throwing a tantrum when their ambitions are thrown under the bus.
3) Workers who need therapy
Sometimes a disgruntled employee just needs someone to talk to. Usually they have no one to turn to and find HR personnel as easy targets to harass with their personal problems. What they need instead is a professional therapist but you can’t tell this to them can you? It is not uncommon for HR personnel to hear private information about workers they clearly don’t need to become privy to such as their marriage problems or child custody battles.
4) Angry employees
Sometimes employees are fed nonsense about how HR is out to ‘get them’. They conduct their entire behavior based on unfounded rumors and ending up blaming HR for all their problems. For instance if they don’t get a pay bump: blame the HR. If they don’t get the promotion: blame the HR. What they fail (or deliberately refuse) to realize is that such decisions solely rest with their boss or line manager.
5) Employees who don’t do their jobs
Some employees go out of their way to deny what was already written in detail under their job description. They try coming up with nonsensical excuses for why they’re not obligated to perform a particular job simply because it was phrased under slightly different words in their contract, despite having the same meaning.
6) The trouble maker
These employees behave as school going children and are typical bullies at the workplace. They would cause a ruckus at the slightest of excuse and harass others at the workplace. They ask for an unjust raise, skip out on work and are a constant source of grievance to HR personnel.
