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HR BY SENTIMENTS 3

 I worked in a Conglomerate in which I was overseeing the HR Function in six Divisions. 


In one of these six Divisions,  the Vice Chairman of the Branch Union was caught stealing cartons of personal products by throwing them over the fence of the company. 


To discipline him became a problem because both the Factory Manager and the Quality Control Manager were from the same town with the thief. In addition,  because of little favours to GHO HR Function, no action was taken against the thief and the Divisional Personnel/Admin Manager was being ridiculed for establishing the theft of products. It was at this point that the matter was brought to my attention and I gave the Personnel/Admin Manager approval to terminate the appointment of the Vice Chairman of the Branch Union.


The immediate reaction of the Divisional Management was the frustration of the confirmation of the appointment of the Personnel/Admin Manager. In fact,  the Divisional General Manager hid the probation report of the Personnel/Admin Manager and proceeded on annual vacation directing his secretary not to release the probation report to yours truly. 


What I did to the shame of the Divisional Management and GHO HR Management, I confirmed the appointment of the Personnel/Admin Manager three days into the annual vacation of the Divisional General Manager. 

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