Visualize this: A global corporation gets taken over by another. In the midst of this, an HR leader with an experience of over two decades is left stranded and is asked to look out. With a modest severance pay, which is even lower than legally acceptable criteria for Workmen.
The best of intentions are pivoted around its execution. An analogy can be drawn from a leading food tech organisation’s announcement of ‘Period Leave’. The intention is, of course, fuelled by sincerity and thoughtfulness, with the leadership resolutely earnest about promoting diversity and inclusivity (D&I).
HR has been traditionally seen as a support function and cost centre, which still holds true in many organizations, rather than a strategic Business Enablement function. The immediate Covid situation magnifies each function based on their value proposition in the current.
The influence that Human Resource Professionals exert on the welfare and livelihood of the entire workforce is overarching, especially during such trying times. Emerging as one of the toughest economic scenarios that the world has been witness to since World War II, the COVID-19 virus.