Top 10 Reddit HR questions

Reddit is a treasure trove of information. Sure, it gets a bad rep for being home to weird and, sometimes borderline illegal content, but it’s also home to great communities that let you ask every question you could ever think of to an audience of millions who have more collective experience and knowledge than any single average person does.

The point is, Reddit HR is the place to be if you want to crowdsource the wisdom of the internet. So, when you think about it, there’s really nothing unexpected about getting your wisdom on your profession using reddit.

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On the other hand, recruiters face a variety of challenges in their career, depending on the specific industry in which they work and the specific company they work for. Some common challenges that recruiters may encounter include:

Sourcing qualified candidates

Managing expectations of candidates and management

Maintaining confidentiality

Staying up to date with industry trends

Dealing with rejection

These are the most common problems for the Reddit HR community. Therefore, this blog has a few questions HR discusses among themselves. Let me take you through this set of questions and answers from Reddit.

1. What should I look for while hiring an employee?

2. Does the physical appearance of the candidate matter while hiring? What impact does it make?

A user here shares his experience as, “I (29m) had a 1-1 work performance meeting with my manager (22f). Regular work aside, she told me she hired me not because of my admin experience, but because I had a friendly face. Another guy she recently hired was because he was ‘hot’. “

Surely this is a bad thing for the office? I’m on good terms with her but her method sounds extremely unprofessional.

3. How to organize the HR team’s shared folder/documents?

Here in this scenario the HR currently working with a global HR team looking to build an internal team. That means they need to build their folder hierarchy as well. Therefore she asks the questions to fellow HR professionals on reddit, what is your folder organization for your shared drive/SharePoint for internal HR use?

So how does your team organize your shared folders and files, e.g. templates, scripts, forms, benefits docs, SOPs, carrier info, etc.? What does your folder hierarchy look like? What are your top level folders? Do you organize by geographic area, employee life cycle stage, owner, or something else?

4. What are some of the projects that can be taken up as an HR Ops executive?

Here Reddit HR is new to the role and seeking insights and tips to being a successful HR. Hence asks, what are some of the projects that can be taken up as an HR Ops executive?

5. Looking for opinions on hiring employees vs contract workers.

In this case Reddit HR wants to know from his HR counterparts their opinion on Hiring full time employees and contract workers. Why do one and why do the other? Pros and cons of both? Which do you do with your business? Any anecdotes on how one or the other has helped or hindered you?

6. What are some critical (or non-critical) policies and SOPs for an HR department to have in place?

7. How do I quantify my contributions as an HR Generalist?

8. Thinking of transitioning to HRIS role. Can anyone provide any insight on their transition?

9. Would it not be more appropriate to reduce the FTE/hours/schedule by 50% to accurately reflect the salary per the offer letter?

10. Just started your first HR job – Below are some questions you might have.

1. Generally, what can I expect from working in HR?

2. What does career progression look like in HR?

3. What motivates you in your HR job? Do you love it? Why/why not?