On OMC and How Everyone's an HR "Expert"

I'm not an expert in Finance, and I don't pretend to be. I have no background, training, or experience in Finance, and I know it would be disrespectful to the Finance folx I've worked with to tell them how to do their jobs.

I'm not an expert in Fundraising and Development, and I don't pretend to be. While I have minimal training and experience in Fundraising and Development, I know I'm nowhere near an expert. I know it would be disrespectful to the Fundraising and Development folx I've worked with to tell them how to do their jobs, so I do not go there with them.

Real talk? I'm not an expert in most things. I'm not an expert in most disciplines and most industries. And I don't pretend to be.

But somehow, everybody in every industry is an expert in their career field AND Human Resources.

How bizarre.

Everyone is more than willing to tell me how to do HR or how they did a Google search on some aspect of labor law, and now they know everything they need to know. No need to let HR know that an employee is being harmed or that an employee is looking for insights into their rights as an employee.

Nope. Everyone's an "expert."

Or at least they're an "expert" until they've made a horrible misstep or given an employee incorrect and harmful information and guidance.

Then I'm suddenly viewed as an "expert" in Human Resources and worth listening to. Suddenly, my experience and expertise are "vital" to fixing the problem they've created as an HR "expert."

How bizarre indeed.