HR Advent Calendar: New Head of People & Culture at the North Pole

A toy factory in the North Pole has hired a Head of People and Culture.

Buddy The Elf initially worked for the firm, headed up by Kris Kringle, as an apprentice on the Kringle 3,000, 500 Reindeer-Power jet engine. However, due to workplace discrimination (in one instance he was referred to by a colleague as a “cotton-headed ninny-muggins”) and a lack of due HR process he was forced to move to New York, USA, to seek employment.

Whilst in the city that never sleeps he held many positions. Two of these were Santa Land Elf at Gimbels and Mailroom Assistant at Greenway Publishing. He subsequently founded his own publishing firm; with his debut novel Elf soaring to the top of the charts.

Speaking to HR Grapevine, Buddy outlined his plans for his first day at work: “First we’ll make snow angels for two hours, and then we’ll go ice skating, and then we’ll eat a whole roll of Toll House cookie dough as fast as we can, and then, to finish, we’ll snuggle.”