HR Director Gone Wild?

I was browsing on the internet looking for employee complaints about HR for a piece I’m writing. There’s a ton of it out there. In the process, I ran across what most business executives would consider a nightmare-employees fighting internal battles online. Take a look at this doozy out of L. A. involving the city’s corrupt Section 8 housing authority, of which HR was a full participant.

Looks like these folks had a good ol’ time at taxpayer expense a search shows much worse than that. The HR director was fired last December.

What lessons can be learned from a crazy story like this?

1. You can’t trust anyone blindly; even HR. Checks and balances are a must in ANY organization.
2. Bad HR can create far more liabilities than it is hired to prevent.
3. There is no hiding your dirty laundry anymore.
4. Set Google alerts for your company and employees. Just stay out of private, non-work-related activities.
5. Deal with internal conflicts now…before they spill out onto the internet.