After the Lambeau Field Tour with the knowledgeable, enthusiastic Grant, the HR 336 class was fortunate enough to hear from Melissa Malfroid, an HR Coordinator for the Green Bay Packers. Melissa works under her boss, Nicole Ledvina, who is the Human Resources Manager. It was surprising to find out that the Green Bay Packers hadn’t had an HR department prior to the completion of the renovated Lambeau Field in 2003. Granted, the renovation allowed for year round activities at Lambeau Field which probably increased the number of employees from a couple hundred to nearly 500 during game days presently. I found it interesting that all HR procedures or activities would have been handled by someone else within the organization prior to the official creation of the HR department. Not to say that HR management wasn’t a large part of the Green Bay Packers strategic plan, but it’s interesting to think that they didn’t have a large need for at least one identified HR Manager to go to if there was ever a problem.
Being an employee of the Packers, I also found it interesting how much HR was involved in the other facets of operations that occur on a daily basis. Melissa stated that they might receive up to 150 resumes just for a part-time job which is incredible to me. Working at the Pro Shop, I see some of the incoming resumes, but I would not have guessed that number by any means. Lastly, I find it amazing that such a large corporate operation still only needs two full-time HR positions and one intern to get through the busy time of the year. I wish I would have asked Melissa what would happen if either of them had to take a leave of absence and how they would try to fill that role. Seems like it could be a case right out of the NFM!
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