Recession and responsibility of HR department in Real Estate - An article as submitted by Gopaal Dhussa

Recession and responsibility of HR department in Real Estate

Few years back when construction Industry was going through major recession it was difficult for Engineering colleges to sustain Civil branch due to no-availability of employment in the field. Then came boom in the industry and every tom-dick & harry started demanding exhorbitant price with literally no skills. HR was given the task of hiring & retaining all kind of engieering staff so that company can beat its rivals. Resource was the name of game!Then came recession once again in the industry and HR was given the task of removing engineering staff but in such a manner so that the company will not get a bad name.Variable pay package is introduced, ESOPs as pay is introduced. Few companies gone ahead and started adding gratuity in the CTC. This was the fall of ethical culture. Qualification took a back seat and people started enjoying palm greasing and buttering. Quality of work deteriorated and at the end of day the weak HR failed to create an atmosphere of wealth with rich experience and expertise in the field. As a result the consumer suffered, country as a whole for bad engineering skills got defamed and infrastructure projects suffered.Someone asked me why do you blame HR and not the owners? The answers is simple. Owners since dayone tend to earn more with less input of cost and this is the case with all industries. Owners hire consultants and HR is part of that consultancy to owner where they are supposed to give correct guideline and feedback to owner so that owner will not loose on account of bad work force. An unstaisfied employee will never give a productive reply. That is where quality and productivity looses the front.HR stands for Human resource and like other resources this resource alo needs nourishment and fatigue to be avoided at all cost. HR has to take care of all thee things.That is why I blamed weak HR...... and made HR department responsible for all this mess present today.