The world is being taken over by extreme Left-Wing morons. Wokeness is becoming the new norm as the media, governments, academia, and other institutions fall over themselves to show how woke they are. There's hardly a Left Wing stupidity they don't adopt.
Now, according to an article you can find here, an academic and a co-author question whether universities still need a Human Resources Department. The basis of their argument, which is a sound one, is that the HR function has now become so woke, that it no longer fulfils a useful function. They referred to it as a parasite on the universities budget and resources.
When I left the full-time workforce in 2012 and began consulting for a few years, I could see the writing on the wall and was pleased to be old enough and well-heeled enough to retire. At around that time, my wife was a registered nurse and midwife and came home one day to give me the latest news fresh off the internet; the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation had issued an edict that white staff dealing with non-white staff were to "apologise for being white." My wife was furious and we both agreed it was time to retire and escape from the stupidity of the new world.
The majority of my wife's 'patients' was indigenous, most of whom, at least in Central Australia are black. Without exception, they were pleased to have someone to provide essential care before, during and after childbirth. Needless to say, none of the midwives had any intention of apologising for being white, a condition that none had control over.
The UN Agenda 21 had a blurb about inculcating students at school with UN principles so that when they became adults, they would promote and support the UN Agenda, a bit like being brainwashed into a religion. We are seeing the benefits of that approach now with the irrational, stupid and often childish nonsense coming out of the mouths of our younger generations. Sadly, those old enough to know better are too afraid not to follow the new social trends for fear of being ostracised, de-platformed, fired, or worse.
Now, universities are paying high salaries to employe "Gender Equity Officers" and more importance is being placed in job applicants' focus and intention to promote and integrate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into their working activities. It doesn't matter whether their specialism is engineering, science or social work, the weighting placed on those criteria is often greater than the qualifications and experience in their specialty.
I suspect large numbers of students who can see the deterioration in the HR discipline will opt to do something else eg, law or accounting. I can understand why and if I had my time over again, I'd study politics/law, run for the Australian Senate and try to rectify some of the nonsense taking over.
What do you think?
Robin
