{"id":1538,"date":"2015-02-06T06:56:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T11:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2015-02-05T22:22:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T03:22:52","slug":"dehumanizing-the-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/dehumanizing-the-employee\/","title":{"rendered":"Dehumanizing the Employee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/174_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1541\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/174_1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"174_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/174_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/174_1.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my last <a title=\"The Problem with Technology\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/the-problem-with-technology\/\">post<\/a>, I rang the bell about the gap between human development and the advancements of technology. The disharmony is evident to many. Within the large and mid-market organizations, there is another disturbing trend afoot. We are witnessing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/dehumanize\" target=\"_blank\">dehumanization<\/a> of the employee.<\/p>\n<p>Dehumanizing the employee occurs as many employers are looking to advance efficiency and innovation. It&#8217;s a false belief that those twins can move human development the way technology does with automation or research.<\/p>\n<p>One area worth looking at is the process many organizations use to hire talent. Keep in mind that the talent is made up of flesh and blood. I realize this can also be a source of real frustration for those in talent recruitment. Technology has convinced many senior leaders that vast problems are solved in the hands of inventive software.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of using screening software has a place. However, it&#8217;s proven, the folly of hiring based on keywords. The old saying, &#8220;we hired your resume, but what we got was you&#8221; is on mark here. More critical thinking in this spot is what we need. Seems like that would remedy the incongruent state of the talent recruitment processes.<\/p>\n<p>So the dehumanizing continues. What do we do now that the horses are out of the gate?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put on your big boy pants or big girl skirt, and be a leader with integrity and vigor<\/li>\n<li>Change the culture. This is not for the faint of heart, but if you do the first bullet it will increase the odds in your favor<\/li>\n<li>Stop listening to the marketing<\/li>\n<li>Trust only those who&#8217;ve been hurt deeply. They will be honest and real<\/li>\n<li>Close it down, quit, move on, if that&#8217;s what it takes. Better to live to fight another, than die while still breathing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my last post, I rang the bell about the gap between human development and the advancements of technology. The disharmony is evident to many. Within the large and mid-market organizations, there is another disturbing trend afoot. We are witnessing the dehumanization of the employee. Dehumanizing the employee occurs as many employers are looking to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,364,5,123,170,1],"tags":[23,1734,1732,1733,66,621,181,180,1736,174,1570,1005,67,1735],"class_list":["post-1538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-commentary","category-current-affairs","category-entrepreneur-advice","category-leadership-development","category-management","category-uncategorized","tag-career","tag-dehumanization","tag-dehumanization-of-the-employee","tag-dehumanizing","tag-employee","tag-employees","tag-epic-living-blog","tag-eric-pennington","tag-hiring-talent","tag-talent","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-work","tag-workers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1538"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1542,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions\/1542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}