HR Should Stand For "Hardly Relevant"

Let's admit this.

“It’s your beat, Ted.”

Years ago, maybe a month or so after I got divorced, I met this dude for happy hour. He worked as a consultant in “HR Tech,” which is a fancy way of saying platforms that do screening and recruiting and background checks and payroll. On about Beer №4, he tells me, “Your beat in life is to shit all over HR.” I don’t really agree wit…