HR Doesn't Care About Your Dead Dad

HR doesnt care about your dead dad

A man in an office repeatedly contorts his face with a bizarre distortion filter, cycles through exaggerated laughter and grimaces, then walks away. The joke is the blunt, emotionally insensitive idea that human resources does not care about an employee’s personal tragedy, making it a reaction to uncaring workplace bureaucracy.

Hi, Christopher, Chris Cross, how are you? Ooh, not so good. I know, I'm so sorry to hear about your father's passing. How did he die? Oh, a heart attack. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. I know, that's actually what I can talk to you about. I saw that you put in a request for bereavement time. And I hate to tell you this, I hate to tell you this Christopher, but you already used all your breath mint time that's allotted by the company in February when your sister died. And so it's not going to work. You're going to have to keep working. But you know what, Christopher? It's going to help. It's going to help take your mind off things to be here. You know, you don't want to deal with your grief and your sadness and getting your work done like you're supposed to is going to take your mind off that. It's healthy. It's really good for the brain. Oh, but what? Oh. Oh. Look, I'm sorry Christopher, but it's not the company's fault that your dad couldn't put down the cheeseburgers, okay? Thanks, huh? I'm sorry again.

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