Updates from the HR Carousel "Ring Mistress"

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Hi folks, been sometime since my last blog.

First, I have been busy with my current work in Corporate HR - that includes hiring potential employees in behalf of our new client both internal and external and mergers/acquisition - our client decided to end the contract and hire our staff/contractors directly. This started mid-May and will end by 2nd week of August when everything is done according to the timeline we have set into motion.

Interesting time because of COVID 19 and I will talk in full once this is over - because of the fact that I need to share this experience to my HR readers on how one handles this if anyone encounters this in the near future. Please note that Mergers and Acquisition is handled differently therefore the way I approach this compared to yours may be dependent on factors that is either controllable or beyond that.

Let me include the Labor Dispute the company business unit that we have to attend to. This will be a separate blog because it is not over until it is settled, so my lips are sealed at this moment.

The last blog, focusing on the issue of what Candidates thinks what they are worth vs. the HR point of view, gained not just a lot of reads from LinkedIn but a scathing if not insulting comment from a so-called highly strung if not BELLIGERENT AND PRIVILEGED INDIVIDUAL.

I am saying this because I have never been insulted this way before. I am not supposed to address this but for the sake of clarification I will.

FIRST POINT: Kume (the person who tweeted this) used Twitter to tell the story. Twitter, for those who have not experienced using this (yes I have one since 2008) as a platform, has a 140 letter limit.

In short, you cannot present the whole picture in less than the limit it sets. To expound your statement - you "answer" back to the comment you first posted. Even if you have "Twit Longer" (need to check if this still exists) to do this.

Simply put, Kume cannot complete his (or her) side of the story with the limitations set by Twitter, which can either be misunderstood or completely missing the point. If this was in Facebook or LinkedIn, it would have been a more complete if not concise story.

SECOND POINT: This is an opinion piece and the views I present are purely on the basis of my experience as a Human Resources Practitioner. I have tried my very best to be objective. In the end it got misinterpreted and thinks that I aimed this piece towards the millennials.

It was not and will not be because this applies to any work generations who feel that they deserve more than what is offered. Even I will not compromise if I was in that situation myself. This person missed the point, period.

THIRD POINT: This blog is not a dissertation paper. Somehow yeah I admit that I may done some errors in sentences (syntax, grammar, whatever..) and I am not excusing myself for this so called blunder. But you really need to insult me that way? May I remind you that there are worse writers aside from me. Go to Wattpad and you'll get my point. (Sorry Wattpad writers, I love your stories and yes, you need an editor to fix your novels).

I am more of a technical HR writer; in fact I create and revise policies, so there. I am still learning. You cannot stop me from doing this.

In the end, I reported his behavior to the company he works for. Yes, there is an existing Social Media Policy. I will talk about this on a separate blog.