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“Most of my clients come in and say, ‘human resources isn’t helping me. They’re just protecting the company.’” Once again, that is HR's job. They're not there
by janywer 10y ago
“Most of my clients come in and say, ‘human resources isn’t helping me. They’re just protecting the company.’”
Once again, that is HR's job. They're not there to protect you, they are there to protect the company from lawsuits.
- empath75 10y agoWell. In the most cynical sense, yes, but in a properly functioning company, those shouldn't be competing functions.
- rarec 10y agoShouldn't is a funny idea, as is properly functioning. HR should never be considered "on your side." It's hardly considered cynical to presume a subsection of a company to care more for the company's than an aggrieved employee who would likely stir up trouble. If this behaviour is as rampant as it seems to be, what incentivization reinforced it? More of a tangent thought, but if this keeps occurring what is causing the disparaging treatment?
- meej 10y agoNo. Organizations that protect employees do exist, they're called unions.
- cholantesh 10y agoUnfortunately, it seems that the organizational culture in NA (and in South Asia, from my friends and family that work there) is extremely union hostile.
- meej 10y agoIt is, though that wasn't always the case in the US; at their peak a third of workers belonged to a union. And it is unfortunate, because workers in strongly unionized industries enjoy higher wages even if they do not belong to the union. The decline of unions in the US has gone hand in hand with the rise in inequality. A lot of the jobs that US politicians talk about bringing back were union jobs, but even if it were possible to bring those jobs back, I don't think they're talking about bringing back the unions.
- jhgjklj 10y agoThis is a common mistake by new recruits. Human in HR some how associated with Humanity which is not the case.
- JohnJamesRambo 10y agoSounds like they did a bad job of it. Sweeping things under the rug usually does that.
- devoply 10y agoIf H/R was doing its job it would've tried to lessen the harassment. Protecting from lawsuits means keeping people from getting harassed which is itself illegal. That's the best way to protect the company from lawsuits. Probably one of the worst ways is to try to blame the victim, or trying to suppress their complaints. This often ends badly for everyone involved.