HR Humor

One of my favorite co-workers, Holly James, drew this for me after we had a particularly trying time of submitting the onerous Form 5500 for our 401(k) plan. The form 5500 is required by the Department of Labor for benefit plans and is intended, among other things, to protect employees from greedy (or careless) corporations might otherwise steal from their employees. Although I'm very supportive of the cause, it's one of the many tasks required of the HR profession that doesn't add value to the company, no one appreciates, isn't a learning opportunity, and isn't the least bit interesting.

 I've been practicing acknowledging breakdowns and "finding the gap" in order to improve performance and create breakthroughs. Acknowledging the frustrations of the job is one small way to find a possibility -- even if that possibility is a simple bit of humor!