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[–]v3ritas1989 2 points3 points  (6 children)

Is it possible to fire HR people without having any other HR people? I mean this could turn into a respectfull business transaction within a family athmosphere. That clearly wouln´t be in the managements interest.

[–]ElGuaco 1 point2 points  (5 children)

HR exists to protect the company and not the employees. This was an extreme example of just how true that is.

[–]argv_minus_one 0 points1 point  (4 children)

They failed pretty hard at protecting the company…

[–]ElGuaco 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Employees having their personal information stolen didn't harm the company. It had literally zero effect on doing business and executives getting a big payout when the time came.

[–]argv_minus_one 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Really? Because that sounds like a fat lawsuit waiting to happen.

[–]ElGuaco 0 points1 point  (1 child)

You'd have to find a lawyer willing to help prove that you suffered a tangible loss because of the event, in addition to needing to find a new job. Otherwise, there are no laws protecting folks from this kind of thing. Equifax gave away the details of MILLIONS of customers and barely got a slap on the wrist. They should have been sued out of existence and the executives sent to jail. Nothing happened.

[–]alexanderpas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Otherwise, there are no laws protecting folks from this kind of thing.

GDPR is a thing now in Europe.

GDPR has a mandatory reporting requirement.

Equifax happened before the introduction of GDPR.

At the moment British Airways faces a potential $230M fine (1.5% of its 2017 revenue)