Monday, 20 August 2012

Agony Aunts


Whom would you classify as an agony aunt? A person who lends ears to cribs and whims of people around- Right?
But what about a profession whose one course of work revolves around being agony aunts? Did you guess it? Of course it is my profession – Responsable des resources humaines (HR). While people never leave a stone unturned in criticizing their HR’s and their work patterns – no one ever fathoms the amount of negativity that is handled by them. Listening patiently to all the problems, complaints and sometimes even useless banter- is int huge handling all the mixed set of emotions and still not loosing calm. Patience is another attribute, which we develop over time. We are just like downloading machines- people come, vent out their concerns, look for resolutions without trying to understand that we are fraught in a conflict with parties of different interests (Leadership, employees, team) and the tussle we go through to make ends meet. And what about our agonies? Who will pay heed to them?

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