This month, FastCompany is printing the feedback to its cover story last month entitiled
"Why We Love to Hate HR."  Apparently there was a huge volume of responses (43% for and 57% against the article).

 My favorites:

For
The fundamental problem with HR is that the service work such as payroll, benefits and compliance is commingled with the strategic work such as job definition, cadidate assessment, employee-performance management, and succession planning. When service and strategy aren’t separated, the immediate service needs take precedence over the more important but less tangible strategic work. And the death spiral begins… In short, HR needs to free iteself from the slavery of service to provide the leadership of strategy. – Thomas Hattersley

 Against
I am currently an HR director and am disgusted with your cover and negative, stereotyped, and immature comments regarding the profession. In my career, I’ve been a finance director, plant manager, safety director, and operations manager. All of those positions were easier than being an HR director. I am not a "dull tack in the drawer." I have three college degrees, including an MBA and an additional master’s degree. — Deborah Roberts