Comment by lmm
3 years ago
> Maybe some HR managers believe that empathy and "EQ" are more important than IQ?
> Maybe they even think that intelligence is a social construct invented by the Patriarchy for the purpose of oppressing people who are not "cis white males"?
Are you agreeing or disagreeing with the person you replied to?
Neither, I simply don't see how it is relevant (or even very "intelligent") to stick a categorical "stupid"-label on HR.
HR is a bit like IT support. Some companies will have a lower standard when hiring for such roles, others will have as high or possibly higher standards when hiring SRE's than when hiring developers.
And even if it should be correct that SWE's score a few points higher, on average, than HR managers, I see no utility in making a fuss about that. To the extent that it has a market value, salaries will reflect that.
Now, should HR staff start to act unprofessionally themselves, things change. For instance, if individuals within HR start to advocate for lower wages to or other actions against individuals or groups they feel resentment against, then that is a problem.