OPINION — Human Resources has quietly become one of the most emotionally demanding roles in the workplace.
HR departments are positioned at the center of nearly every difficult moment a workplace experiences, including layoffs, conflict, mental health crises, regulatory pressure and rapid technological change. At the same time, they’re expected to simply absorb it.
HR professionals deliver news that reshapes lives. They sit with employees through fear, grief, anger and uncertainty. They enforce policies they did not create, translate executive decisions they did not make and stabilize cultures under strain.
