When HR Goes Too Far | Utopia #shorts

Season 3 Episode 2: Smart Cities
Rhonda forces Tony to be keynote speaker at the Smart Cities conference. Nat is looking set for a promotion until Beverley from HR decides to step in. The arrival of a new couch has unintended consequences.

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Set inside the offices of the “Nation Building Authority”, a federal government organisation responsible for overseeing major infrastructure projects, Utopia explores that moment when bureaucracy and grand dreams collide.

Starring Rob Sitch, Celia Pacquola, Dave Lawson, Kitty Flanagan, Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann, Luke McGregor, Dilruk Jayasinha, Nina Oyama.

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[anlak]

"if you ask me, we've dodged a bullet"
"I DIDN'T ASK YOU"

[danielcann]

“Omg have I let HR in the building again” 😂😂😂

[milenashagina]

-“Whatcha gonna do?”
-“10 to 15 for manslaughter”
😂😂😂 what a gem

[RoboBlocker]

“Operating outside of core competencies” means “you’re learning too much and becoming too valuable” and “coercive tendencies” means “you are too knowledgeable, articulate and persuasive”

[derekday]

"Operating outside of my core competencies" used to be "going above and beyond."

[TimpossibleOne]

He's the best kind of boss to have.
"HR is mucking up the synergy of my team again. I'm gonna kill 'em."

[skatersirian]

HR is called "Human Resources" because they treat you like some expendable material.

[bobkoroua]

The actor playing the spawn of Satan is either an extremely good actor or is a HR person moonlighting.

[freeze]

Holy shit...As a new manager, this hits home. HR completely overstepping during performance review time. Destroying my team cohesion and undermining all the work I've done to build trust and 'buy in' from my team.

[machinech]

HR. Basically the corporate version of an HOA.

[grahamy]

So true of many HR people who work to be above the entire organisation.

My head of HR is EXACTLY like this and I am seriously triggered right now

[MrLookatmyhat]

Worked for a company that was heading to the dumps. CEO terminated every member of HR and had management deal directly with employees. Dropped all the stupid drinks in the warehouse regs and all the other demoralizing middle management corpo rules. Moral improved almost overnight. Production increased and profits soared. I left that company in good standing and as far as i know they're still trucking hard to this day.

[tw]

"We've identified some latent weaknesses" I love this because latent means hidden, not yet active.

[PrashanthSadashivan]

"Tony: I wanted her promoted! HR: And that almost happened!" Talk about two people being not on different pages but completely different books, hilarious!! :D

[wisemanwalkingdowntheroad]

I have seen more than once HR turn stable workplaces into clusterfucks. This is spot on!

[nedflanders]

One of the best comedy shows ever to exist. The actress playing Beverly absolutely nails a HR person.

[LuvnLemons]

HR = why staff consider forming unions

[harrislam]

I'm cheering for the dude so freaking hard. A true leader. I would have confronted the HR lady the same.... eh, actually, probably not the same. I would have done it way more aggressively.

[davidshore]

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
"10-15 YEARS FOR MANSLAUGHTER!"
I busted out laughing when he said that!