Dear All,
You must have all been aware of the sad incident:
http://coimbatorelive.blogspot.com/2009/09/top-company-official-injured-in-attack.html (this was last morning news)
Workers kill company VP in Coimbatore - India - NEWS - The Times of India
The Hindu: Tamil Nadu / Coimbatore News: Pricol official dies
Being an ex-employee of Pricol, I am deeply worried about the incident. I must say - such a lovely place & group to work with. Unnecessary forces have caused such a ruthless action... It cost a person's life. I wish every workforce understands that the need for a solution does not require violence.
We all prayed last morning that his condition gets better and some miracle should take place that he gets back to life. But....
Truly, the HR industry has lost a very important person. To see his profile, please visit Roy.J.George Roy. J.George - LinkedIn
I have not had the chance to work under him, but I have heard that he is a person whom anyone in the field of HR would want to work with.
I pray that his soul rests in peace.
From India, Madras
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57You must have all been aware of the sad incident:
http://coimbatorelive.blogspot.com/2009/09/top-company-official-injured-in-attack.html (this was last morning news)
Workers kill company VP in Coimbatore - India - NEWS - The Times of India
The Hindu: Tamil Nadu / Coimbatore News: Pricol official dies
Being an ex-employee of Pricol, I am deeply worried about the incident. I must say - such a lovely place & group to work with. Unnecessary forces have caused such a ruthless action... It cost a person's life. I wish every workforce understands that the need for a solution does not require violence.
We all prayed last morning that his condition gets better and some miracle should take place that he gets back to life. But....
Truly, the HR industry has lost a very important person. To see his profile, please visit Roy.J.George Roy. J.George - LinkedIn
I have not had the chance to work under him, but I have heard that he is a person whom anyone in the field of HR would want to work with.
I pray that his soul rests in peace.
From India, Madras
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Yeah, Asha... I heard the news this morning; it was a shocking one, really spine-chilling news. I haven't heard about him, but it shocked me as it is a matter of life. We all have to join our hands and show our opposition to such a barbaric act.
From India, Mangaluru
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From India, Mangaluru
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Yes, Chum. People get angry at HR even for their own faults.
All these kinds of fraudulent activities—people who submit false documents, false salary slips, show their ignorant attitude by not giving respect to their work, and try justifying their acts by proving that they are still right. For all this, people expect to be "forgiven" and taken back to work for whatever indiscipline?
Violence is not the solution. I urge every HR professional to educate the workforce that if they have any grievances, it needs to be sorted out in the proper manner. What benefit will they get from violence? Nothing - forever they will be identified as wrongdoers, and their family will also never be respected.
Recently, one such candidate who got rejected in an interview posted a bad review of the HR of the company online—by stating his name, company, and designation. What a fool! The reason why he was not selected is clearly justified.
From India, Madras
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All these kinds of fraudulent activities—people who submit false documents, false salary slips, show their ignorant attitude by not giving respect to their work, and try justifying their acts by proving that they are still right. For all this, people expect to be "forgiven" and taken back to work for whatever indiscipline?
Violence is not the solution. I urge every HR professional to educate the workforce that if they have any grievances, it needs to be sorted out in the proper manner. What benefit will they get from violence? Nothing - forever they will be identified as wrongdoers, and their family will also never be respected.
Recently, one such candidate who got rejected in an interview posted a bad review of the HR of the company online—by stating his name, company, and designation. What a fool! The reason why he was not selected is clearly justified.
From India, Madras
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Dear Asha,
Yes, I agree — indeed a very sad incident. But I must say that HR professionals getting beaten up and killed in their place of work is not new to me. Such incidents often happen in jute mills in Kolkata. But I must say that reading and hearing about such incidents really makes me wonder: do HR professionals really deserve this? They have the most difficult and unthankful job at hand. It's always a very tough balance of pleasing the management and the employees/unions at the same time, with your own job hanging in the balance. I have seen my own uncle go through such trauma leading to his death at a very early age, and now it's my turn to face the music. We are only doing our job, but the line of judgment is so thin that it really takes a heavy toll on us at times.
One last thing — I personally feel (having worked for quite a long tenure in an MNC manufacturing unit) that this is what you call real HR. A person losing his life for the sake of his company means he was really good at his work, for which the union had to take extreme measures to bring matters under their control. It proves that he was winning the long-drawn battle hands down, which ultimately led to foul play by the union.
My salute to Mr. George. May his soul rest in peace.
Regards
From India, New Delhi
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Yes, I agree — indeed a very sad incident. But I must say that HR professionals getting beaten up and killed in their place of work is not new to me. Such incidents often happen in jute mills in Kolkata. But I must say that reading and hearing about such incidents really makes me wonder: do HR professionals really deserve this? They have the most difficult and unthankful job at hand. It's always a very tough balance of pleasing the management and the employees/unions at the same time, with your own job hanging in the balance. I have seen my own uncle go through such trauma leading to his death at a very early age, and now it's my turn to face the music. We are only doing our job, but the line of judgment is so thin that it really takes a heavy toll on us at times.
One last thing — I personally feel (having worked for quite a long tenure in an MNC manufacturing unit) that this is what you call real HR. A person losing his life for the sake of his company means he was really good at his work, for which the union had to take extreme measures to bring matters under their control. It proves that he was winning the long-drawn battle hands down, which ultimately led to foul play by the union.
My salute to Mr. George. May his soul rest in peace.
Regards
From India, New Delhi
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Dear Awvik,
Well said... "A person losing his life for the sake of his company means he was really good at his work, for which the union had to take extreme measures to bring matters under their control. It proves that he was winning the long-drawn battle hands down, which ultimately led to the foul play by the union."
You are right in those lines...
From India, Madras
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Well said... "A person losing his life for the sake of his company means he was really good at his work, for which the union had to take extreme measures to bring matters under their control. It proves that he was winning the long-drawn battle hands down, which ultimately led to the foul play by the union."
You are right in those lines...
From India, Madras
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Dear Friends,
I just came to know about this incident by seeing your postings. It's too bad. People are not performing, and they are taking revenge by these methods for the punishments. It's condemnable. Each and every person who is working for the companies has to think as if it is their own company; only then will they work willingly and with full potential.
These types of incidents are happening quite frequently in our industries. Most of the time, it is happening by union persons only with political support. This trend has to be changed.
Jeeva
From India, Bangalore
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I just came to know about this incident by seeing your postings. It's too bad. People are not performing, and they are taking revenge by these methods for the punishments. It's condemnable. Each and every person who is working for the companies has to think as if it is their own company; only then will they work willingly and with full potential.
These types of incidents are happening quite frequently in our industries. Most of the time, it is happening by union persons only with political support. This trend has to be changed.
Jeeva
From India, Bangalore
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Dear All,
I pray that Mr. Roy George's soul may rest in peace. It is really a very sad thing to have happened to a young and promising professional. What surprises me is that the management, in spite of such a great loss and sacrifice by Mr. George, has decided to keep the plant running and not go in for a lockout or closure. This also proves that HR is a "thankless job," and other management functionaries just ridicule the position by saying that this is a job hazard. The right thing to do for the management was to declare a lockout and open the plant only after the intervention of state labor department machinery and taking individual undertakings from the workmen for good conduct and discipline.
Praful Joshi
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I pray that Mr. Roy George's soul may rest in peace. It is really a very sad thing to have happened to a young and promising professional. What surprises me is that the management, in spite of such a great loss and sacrifice by Mr. George, has decided to keep the plant running and not go in for a lockout or closure. This also proves that HR is a "thankless job," and other management functionaries just ridicule the position by saying that this is a job hazard. The right thing to do for the management was to declare a lockout and open the plant only after the intervention of state labor department machinery and taking individual undertakings from the workmen for good conduct and discipline.
Praful Joshi
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Dear Ash,
I pray to God for his soul to rest in peace. He fell prey to the games of the Pricol Management, like any HR Executive in the Coimbatore Industrial arena. If Pricol Management was worthy of your praise, then you should have continued there. If the industries in Coimbatore had followed good HR practices, by now, Chennai could be nowhere near Coimbatore.
I have known industries like Pricol for more than a decade. When it was started, it came with color, but in course of time, it started acting as a typical Coimbatore industry. I really pity George's family. May God give them the courage to bear this irreparable loss.
From India, Madras
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I pray to God for his soul to rest in peace. He fell prey to the games of the Pricol Management, like any HR Executive in the Coimbatore Industrial arena. If Pricol Management was worthy of your praise, then you should have continued there. If the industries in Coimbatore had followed good HR practices, by now, Chennai could be nowhere near Coimbatore.
I have known industries like Pricol for more than a decade. When it was started, it came with color, but in course of time, it started acting as a typical Coimbatore industry. I really pity George's family. May God give them the courage to bear this irreparable loss.
From India, Madras
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This is a great shock. Yeah, there were problems in Pricol for the past two years, which may also be continuing yet. But problems should be only within the company and its policies and not with people. These problems shouldn't have resulted in the loss of a life. Murder is always a shame on mankind. Imagine how pathetic this situation is, a Human Resource professional of a company being killed by the very same human resources. Not just as an HR student, but as a human being, I greatly condemn this brutal act.
Let Mr. George's soul rest in peace. Let's hope nothing of this kind will happen anymore.
From India, Pondicherry
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Let Mr. George's soul rest in peace. Let's hope nothing of this kind will happen anymore.
From India, Pondicherry
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Dear Asha Madam,
I want to thank you for making all of us aware of this incident. I have visited the links you forwarded. I was not aware of it. I also read articles posted by Mr. Roy J. George; he was a great person. It is very sad that we have lost such a great individual.
I request all the CiteHR members to please visit all the links sent by Asha Madam; the articles written by Mr. Roy J. George are really nice and motivational.
I am new to the HR profession, and I feel proud to be in such a profession because I have great seniors like Mr. Roy J. George.
I want to salute Mr. Roy J. George on behalf of all HR professionals.
From India, Lucknow
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I want to thank you for making all of us aware of this incident. I have visited the links you forwarded. I was not aware of it. I also read articles posted by Mr. Roy J. George; he was a great person. It is very sad that we have lost such a great individual.
I request all the CiteHR members to please visit all the links sent by Asha Madam; the articles written by Mr. Roy J. George are really nice and motivational.
I am new to the HR profession, and I feel proud to be in such a profession because I have great seniors like Mr. Roy J. George.
I want to salute Mr. Roy J. George on behalf of all HR professionals.
From India, Lucknow
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