HR Standalone role

Hi Danielle,

I'm in a standalone role. I see the pros and cons as follows:

Pros
I get to set the HR agenda. I'm lucky that my MD is happy to be lead by me.
You learn to be a true generalist.
You truly feel valued by the business

Cons
It can be lonely. I like my job, but really miss working as part of a supportive team.
I look after 200 staff and end up getting bogged down in admin rather than be able to do the more 'juicy' HR stuff. I'm already about 2 months behind my People Plan for 2018 as I'm tied up doing recruitment and pay reviews.
If your Manager isn't supportive I could imagine it being particular tough. I previously worked in a standalone role with a manager who thought they knew about employment law, but didn't, which was particularly tough.

I hope that helps! I imagine a lot depends on the company.

Another Pro is increasing your general business knowledge and understanding. This again probably depends on the business, however i get to hear everything that goes on and have a much better understanding of sales, engineering, H&S, technical etc than i did in my previous role in a larger organisation.

Another Pro is increasing your general business knowledge and understanding. This again probably depends on the business, however i get to hear everything that goes on and have a much better understanding of sales, engineering, H&S, technical etc than i did in my previous role in a larger organisation.