Posted on 12/10/2013 7:32:00 AM PST by jimbo123
General Motors (GM) tapped products chief Mary Barra to become the auto maker's first female CEO, taking the keys from current chief Dan Akerson who will step down ahead of schedule in January.
The promotion of Barra instantly makes her the most powerful woman in Detroit and one of the most influential in corporate America.
The move comes just hours after the Treasury Department exited its ownership of GM following the auto bailouts of 2008 and 2009.
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“There is no position in the human resources department of any company that could not be performed by another, and would almost certainly be better performed by another.”
1,000,000% right!!!
I’ve long held the belief that HR “jobs” are just a built-in social/AA program that companies have in place to employ women and gays. They provide ZERO value to any company; the positions are “piecework”, except they do wield considerable power, which is unfortunate for the real employees. And yes, HR is the major source of workplace tension and hostility.
The best people I worked for were the ones that recognized that HR was a roadblock and worked around them; the ones that relied on HR were garbage. That to me, is a HUGE indicator of the person. The people that I worked for that had to run to HR to find out what day of the week is was were unqualified, weak and worthless.
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