"I don't think what Anna described requires "a build-out" of HR. What I am reading is a description of what HR should *already be*, and, crucially, *once used to be*."
You're exactly right, Asaf. That's what I meant. Thank you for the clarification. /a On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:37 AM, phoebe ayers <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Anna Stillwell > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Before adding another layer of process and reporting and complexity > > > structurally, we should more likely try to renew the heart of HR and > > allow > > > them to work with Legal in partnership as they had done so well > > throughout > > > our entire history. > > > > Fair, and I certainly appreciate this. To be clear my idea is only for > > a temporary position -- only a few months at most, really -- and could > > certainly happen concurrently with such a build-out of HR. > > > > I don't think what Anna described requires "a build-out" of HR. What I am > reading is a description of what HR should *already be*, and, crucially, > *once used to be*. > > I second Anna (who, by the way, *is* one of those "people other people turn > to", or "unappointed toxin handlers" mentioned) in everything she said. If > the board would choose to pay attention, it would find new behaviors in HR > that veer away from our values, and that occasionally violate WMF's own > stated policies. (one quick example: formally censuring an employee [not > me] without their direct manager present, or even informed.) > > I encourage looking into this, and doing whatever is necessary to "renew > the heart of HR". > > A. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Anna Stillwell Major Gifts Officer Wikimedia Foundation 415.806.1536 *www.wikimediafoundation.org <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
