“Why is HR in the manufacturing industry often criticized? What are the key challenges and opportunities for HR professionals in this sector? #HR #manufacturing #employee relations #workers comp #FMLA #professionals”
Key Challenges in HR in Manufacturing:
– Dealing with employee relations issues
– Handling workers comp claims
– Managing FMLA requests
Opportunities in HR in Manufacturing:
– Exposure to various aspects of HR
– Gaining valuable experience in a diverse work environment
Why the Criticism?
– Dealing with difficult personalities in a high-stress environment
– Misconceptions about the role of HR in manufacturing
– Lack of appreciation for the complex work involved.
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No, you pretty much got it right.
It’s bar none the best place to learn a lot of HR very quickly.
But the margins are slim, so the budget is normally low. The bullshit is high, the pay is mid.
Why make a career in manufacturing if you don’t have to?
Signed, Someone who has made a career in Manufacturing HR
I’ve been in HR manufacturing for almost 8 years and I’m mid in my career. I’ve seen all aspects of HR from HRIS to Employee relations, and recruitment. The people are rather amazing or assholes there is never anything in the middle. Helps you build a tough outer shell. I don’t want to say nothing surprises me anymore but…I did healthcare before this….🫶🏻🤭
It’s great experience
Obligatory that I don’t know what company you work for, and all have different cultures…
BUT you have to have to really *love* the people side of HR to succeed in the manufacturing space. There’s a lot of career employees (30+ years) who want to see the company succeed while navigating their own retirement while you (as HR) have to keep up with the hiring demand when today’s young people must do to college (obviously not true for everyone). And if your place is union that’s a whole other deal.
I personally prefer manufacturing or stereotypical “blue collar work”. I briefly worked for a healthcare company and will never forget when a physician making nearly half a million a year yelled at me because his “ED” meds weren’t covered at a 30 day fill (spoiler, no one gets 30 days of ED meds so if you want it, 30 pills are like $15 on good rx). Manufacturing employees would never.
Not HR in manufacturing but female in manufacturing sales & marketing for over 20 years. Hasn’t been easy in any way but I have no regrets.
Its been a tough road but in hindsight I learned more, faster because I had to do most of it on my own. Built the tools, I didn’t have, put in exceptionally long hours, worked from the bottom up in dirty and dangerous environments to prove myself against naysayers, learned all kinds of mechanical, chemical, and biological engineering things, and ultimately earned stakeholder respect.
Crazy that it was still this way just 20 years ago.
Manufacturing remains a challenging environment but I am pleased to see its come a long way from where it was.
Manufacturing HR Gave me everything from dealing with drug addict employees, to racial discrimination cases, to unemployment disputes, to violence in the workplace, to sexual harassment to an HRIS migration….
That is a lot of take in a very short amount of time, for barely any money and constantly being blamed for everything… oh and no one gives a shit if you’re crying or upset about it.
Great experience in the field but also kinda traumatic.
It gets pretty exhausting always being the bad guy and not being appreciated. For me it felt like everyone’s memories would just be reset every 6 months so you could never make real progress on any issues.