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Someone recently asked me “What kind of work do you do?” and I said that I was a human resources professional. The person gave me a look and said how they were called into HR once because they overheard a conversation and HR needed to ask them about it. They said the conversation was fine but that they always felt going into HR was like going to the principal’s office in school.
My response? “It’s not supposed to be that way.”
For years, HR departments have been perceived as disciplinarians and a place to