5 most awful HR policies hampering company's business
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5 most awful HR policies hampering company's business
Bangalore: Counting on several problems that organizations face, CEOs can attribute the problems to some of the unfortunate and misguided policies that serve to slow operations and drive away talented employees. And here is the list of five most destructive human resources policies, writes Liz Ryan, an expert on the new-millennium workplace and a former Fortune 500 HR executive in Business Week. 1. Unaccommodating policy: Several organizations follow a "time-off policy" that oblivious to a normal person's entanglements and obligations. And, in such kind of policies employees' personal life is not given any value, rather they invest their mental and emotional energy in according to the company. 2. Manager-driven transfer policy: It's reasonable to expect a new employee to stay in his or her job for a year, but to put your managers forever in charge of your employees' career progress is a very bad idea. It lets employees know that if they can't trust their boss to look out for their interests when an appealing job in the company is available, their best bet is to bail on the organization entirely. 3. The no-references policy: It happens sometimes that managers subject the employer to defamation charges by saying something unfortunate. And, the withholding of positive references for people who served your interests is unethical and shameful. 4. Need to submit proof for bereavement leaves: In some organizations, if an employee plans to miss a few days of work on account of a family member's death, then they are told by the managers to bring documentation from the funeral home to prove that their loved one has died. And, consequently, it brings in bad-faith, bad-taste management, and an enormous insult to your trusted employees. 5. "Theft-of-Time" policies: As per the "Theft-of-time" rules, managers seek to ding (or terminate) employees for checking eBay (EBAY), updating their blogs or Facebook profiles, or otherwise doing nonwork stuff during the workday. But, the major problem is there is no theft of time for salaried employees, who are not paid for the time, rather, they are only paid for the hard work and their good ideas. And, such kind of policies fails among those employees who manage to complete their work "productively" earlier than the destined working hours.

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