Contents

• Introduction 3
• Symantec Corporation 3
• Human Resource Policies and Issues of Symantec 4
• Literature Review 6
• High turnover among entry level employees 7
• Reasons for high turnover among generation Y employees 7
• Reasons for Turnover – Symantec Perspective 10
• Recommendations to Counter the Turnover of Employees 11
• Have Growth Plan for Each and Every Employee: 12
• Align Company’s Objective with Personal Preferences of Employees: 12
• Involve Employees in Decision Making: 13
• Update Employee Skills 14
• Align Career Goals of Employees with Organizational Goals 14
• Keep the hiring process on 15
• Symantec’s human resource does not have the reputation of the one among the best human resource practitioners 15
• Recommendations 16
• Conclusion 17
• References 18

Description

Human resources is an important organization process that directly influences the overall performance of the company. Human resource management as an organizational process has grown the last two decades such that management experts are seriously considering the strategic impact of human resource policies on the performance of organization. With the advent of internet and computer technology, knowledge and other tacit resources are considered critical to the organizational success. In this context, human resources gains vital significance since the overall skills, knowledge and commitment of people reflects on the organization as a whole. Human resources has its own problems to tackle too. This report analyzes the human resources policies of Symantec Corporation. The paper identifies the problems faced by human resource. The paper finally makes recommendations to the company to mitigate the human resource issues.