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I joined an IT company in Chennai as their HR Officer on 1st August 2017. Two more girls joined as developers on the same day. While I was very friendly with these girls, irrespective of the difference in our designations, soon I realized that their attitude was quite different from mine. I found that one of the girls took as many/long breaks as a person on a managerial level would. She takes long tea breaks of up to 30 minutes, most of which time she spends on her mobile phone. I don't want to be in that group, so slowly I have avoided joining them in lunch timings and continued to have my lunch in my cabin.
I have informed the HR Head about it, and he has given me the task of warning that girl regarding the usage of a cell phone during working hours. Now the situation in my office is that both the girls treat me as their enemy and have even bad-mouthed me to the HR head who seems to believe the girls instead of me. While sending mail, no salutation or thanks message.
Kindly guide me on how to change this situation.
From India, Chennai
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I joined an IT company in Chennai as their HR Officer on 1st August 2017. Two more girls joined as developers on the same day. While I was very friendly with these girls, irrespective of the difference in our designations, soon I realized that their attitude was quite different from mine. I found that one of the girls took as many/long breaks as a person on a managerial level would. She takes long tea breaks of up to 30 minutes, most of which time she spends on her mobile phone. I don't want to be in that group, so slowly I have avoided joining them in lunch timings and continued to have my lunch in my cabin.
I have informed the HR Head about it, and he has given me the task of warning that girl regarding the usage of a cell phone during working hours. Now the situation in my office is that both the girls treat me as their enemy and have even bad-mouthed me to the HR head who seems to believe the girls instead of me. While sending mail, no salutation or thanks message.
Kindly guide me on how to change this situation.
From India, Chennai
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"Irrespective of designation," please understand HR is not a disciplinary agency or superior to others. Complaints about late coming and wastage of time are initially with the HOD and not directly with HR. Office politics is at play here, and it seems your HR boss is biased against you to some extent. Your initial friendliness followed by a more distant approach has caused some bad blood. How is it that the HOD of the employees is not being questioned by their HOD, as he is primarily responsible for their output?
Please ignore the attitude of these employees for the time being. Sooner or later, their time-wasting behaviors will be noticed by other officials. Any action initiated by you in these circumstances will likely backfire, as your boss is upset and the employees are not being counseled by their own HOD.
From India, Pune
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3180Please ignore the attitude of these employees for the time being. Sooner or later, their time-wasting behaviors will be noticed by other officials. Any action initiated by you in these circumstances will likely backfire, as your boss is upset and the employees are not being counseled by their own HOD.
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For any disciplinary issue, you should work through the Head of Department (HOD) and not directly confront the employee, as wrongly advised by your HR boss who doesn't seem to know the basics. As an adult, nobody likes to be told or reprimanded, even when they are at fault. However unpleasant, it is each HOD's foremost responsibility to maintain team discipline and team spirit. Your role as HR is merely that of a catalyst.
For now, put aside what happened with the uncooperative employees and your boss. Move forward by focusing on your job with clarity and conviction about your role, which is well-founded on HR beliefs and principles.
Regards,
Vinayak Nagarkar
HR Consultant
From India, Mumbai
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For now, put aside what happened with the uncooperative employees and your boss. Move forward by focusing on your job with clarity and conviction about your role, which is well-founded on HR beliefs and principles.
Regards,
Vinayak Nagarkar
HR Consultant
From India, Mumbai
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The genesis of the problem, as I understand, is "I have informed the HR Head about it, and he has given me the task of warning that girl regarding the usage of a cell phone during working hours."
You seem to have been misguided by your HR head. It is the problem of wasting time that should have been reported to the HR head by the concerned department if they could not handle the issue themselves. For now, the suggested course is to try and forget the issue and learn from this episode.
From India, Delhi
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You seem to have been misguided by your HR head. It is the problem of wasting time that should have been reported to the HR head by the concerned department if they could not handle the issue themselves. For now, the suggested course is to try and forget the issue and learn from this episode.
From India, Delhi
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If you had diplomatically handled the situation with the female resources on spending time on the phone or taking long breaks, you would not have lost your peace of mind. Additionally, you would have earned brownie points by informing your manager of your proactive measures.
From India, Pune
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