Hello, I work in HR and have done for many years. I'm CIPD qualified to level 7.
I've been with my current company a few months. I'm finding a certain manager very hard to deal with. He's very much of the opinion that he always knows best, it's OK just to sack people if they have less than 2 years service as long as you give them notice, since they can't claim unfair dismissal anyway. It's clear that he views HR as a nuisance and is, in my opinion, rude, antagonist and hostile towards me. When i try to give him advice he usually objects and gets very irate wity me. I think my predecessor pretty much let him do what he wanted and he doesn't like the way I get involved. He doesn't tell me about employee issues until the 11th hour and he tells me he's decided on a course of action which i usually dusagree with and I'm forced to have to act very quickly, and drop other things to make sure everythjng is done properly, that we follow proper procedures and at times try to undo tte danage hes done by acting too hasty or even inappropriately. He's very melodramatic about things and jumps to conclusions, accusing his staff of serous acts of misconduct when in reality it isn't the case. I consider myself a caring person and believe we should treat employees fairly and with compassion whilst ensuring that anyone who breaks the rules and behaves in an unacceptable way is dealt with in a firm but fair way. We're a business at the end of the day and I understand you can't have people take the piss and im no pushover. I understand that sometimes we need to dismiss someone but regardless of the reason, I think people should be treated fairly and with consideration to their feelings and not take the decision to dismiss lightly.
This manager doesn't seem to share the same values as me and it's clear he doesn't value my opinion.
I'm wondering if anyone has experienced a similar issue and if so, how did you deal with it?
Thank you.