Week 6 EOC: Analysis of Girls Episode Free Snacks

In the episode Free Snacks of the show Girls there are many Human Resources issues that are evident. The first instance is when Hannah starts to work at GQ she is not shown anything about the office. She is simple told to go to her desk and work, she is not given a tour of the office or told how to operate any of the office appliances she is merely left to fend for herself. Another issue of HR is when Hannah and Joe are having water cooler gossip. The issue with having office cooler gossip is that if anyone over hears it they could take it out of context and cause all kinds of office related issues and drama. The main issue in this case is her talking about the fact she thinks one of the coworkers hates her, the issue here is that having a preconceived notion like that can cause relations in the office to be soured making projects either take longer or never get accomplished. The final HR related issue is when Hannah and Joe use the office phone to communicate with each other and not for office related purpose. The issue here is twofold; first by using phone to gossip it ties up the line and prevents anyone from calling them for office issues or to contact other in the office, and secondly it is a waste of office supplies and falls under misuse and misconduct that can lead to the firing of both and their manager for allowing it to occur.