On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 11:37 AM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Anna Stillwell astillwell@wikimedia.org 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.