HRD Managers

Call them in whichever name you want, the manager who is responsible for all other staff in the organisation will necessarily be an evil person. At least, s/he will be perceived so by others. Torn between the demands of the organisation and the personal inclination / interests of the staff, the HRD manager will be a much maligned person.

Traditionally, they were just called Personnel Manager. No Human Resources and Development and all that. Their job is get things done; bully the workers and cut salaries and leave and what not. But, as management developed (as did humanity), we got fancy things like motivation, morale and training and all those sort of things. But, when you get an insecure person in such positions, it is a nightmare for the staff. Whether you are happy or sad, whether you take more initiative or less, you end up as the loser. Take our famous Catbert, the evil director of Human Resources for instance.


Who would have thought of linking happiness with being overpaid? That is Catbert.