Well it certainly has been a roller coaster ride with my emotions, my sleep patterns, and my productivity. Lately I’ve been wondering, do I still have a significant amount to learn or master when it comes to human relations. The more I’ve tried to understand people, the more they still sorta do what they always tend to do, baffle me. I know that I need to be like totally awesome at human relations (HR). That’s what it should be called, instead of Human Resources. In my opinion the department of Human Resources was created by senior executives that were ashamed of the decisions they were taking. So they created a new department to deal with the aftermath. I can’t imagine a group of people in charge of doing more repugnant and unsavory tasks as Human Resources. I think it’s wrong. If a CEO and the board of some company decides to lay off a group of people, they should be forced to fire those affected personally. When you have to meet, face to face, those your decisions affects, I believe that it would force companies to be more socially responsible for their actions. Have you read of these folks who have to train their Indian replacements before getting fired? Talk about demeaning! As one who went through a “down-sizing” , it is demeaning enough., but to force someone to train the person taking your job. Despicable.