u/IndependenceSenior47

Is this normal HR behaviour?

Our company hired new HR in December.

He is always standing around and glaring at people like an examiner.

He constantly asks people at their desks what they are doing.

He keeps shushing people even if they are talking only a little. He says others are getting disturbed, but honestly, our office is already very silent and everyone mostly minds their own business.

Even if someone is discussing work and there’s the slightest noise on the floor, he immediately stands up and says, “Guys, please keep it down.”

He tells everyone that if there is any meeting, they should use a meeting room, and if they have calls, they should use the calling booth. But he himself speaks loudly on HR interview calls and other calls he receives.

He sometimes discusses people’s salaries openly on the office floor.

After appraisals, he went up to my colleague and said, “Now you are in tax bracket , when are you giving party” right there on the floor.

He tries to be overly friendly with people, but the moment they become comfortable with him, he starts policing them.

Once, some people in a team had finished their work and didn’t have anything pending, so they were looking at their phones. He went to them and said, “You don’t have any work, right? Let me give you something,” and started assigning them low-level tasks that were below their role, almost like implying a demotion.

Even for tiny HR-related things like attendance corrections or completely unrelated minor matters, he calls busy employees to his desk, asks unnecessary questions, or just wastes their time acting authoritative.

Is this normal HR behavior?

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u/IndependenceSenior47 — 5 days ago