People need to realize that the HR dept. works for
the employer, not the employee.
Marko
“People need to realize that the HR dept. works for
the employer, not the employee.”
Absolutely true. HR’s mission, first to last, is to try to keep the company from getting sued.
I’m very recently retired from a large corporation, and have always despised and feared HR. Whatever story they hear first is taken as truth in an “investigation”, and they use the logic of “Well, he wouldn’t deny it if it weren’t true.” I have seen several people fired over completely false accusations. At least one was terminated for a very trivial and commonplace matter, simply because he had previously defended himself successfully against several false charges.
HR is not your friend, unless you’re a malicious a-hole.