Your comment about HR is spot on. Where I work HR has rejected excellent job candidates that have long track records of above standard performance because they don’t have degrees only to hire people with degrees that where complete idiots. It harmed the company, it harmed the moral and it makes it difficult for skilled workers to get in the door. But then again, I have long believed that HR was not there to help the employee. They are there to prevent the employee from harming the company.
“But then again, I have long believed that HR was not there to help the employee.”
Indeed. The sole purpose of HR is to protect the company from the employees. Period.