Many HR people are familiar with Catbert, the “Evil HR Director” from Dilbert, the comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams.
Catbert is the company’s gatekeeper and policy policeman, concocting and implementing rules and policies with blind adherence to the company.
One of my personal Catbert favorites is the time he came up with the idea to offer unpaid vacation time to employees as long as their managers approved it in advance.
via Is It HR’s Role to Support the Company, or Its Employees?.
