Do you trust HR?

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Noooooooooooope~

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no— ultimately they are there to protect the company 🤧

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I trust them to do what they are supposed to do. In this company, payroll, benefits, and workplace complaints are all handled in HR. I trust them to do those jobs fairly and competently. I do not see HR as my "union rep," so I don't expect them to be in my corner if I ever have a difference of opinion with my manager. Depending on the circumstances I would either concede defeat or pull my manager's supervisor into the fray. If I have a question about a company policy, HR is the one to explain it.

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No, of course not. My strategy is to do my job and forget they exist. I never engage with them, I don't want to ever be in a situation of having to depend on them, and I'd certainly never trust them with anything consequential.

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Nope. HR is not your friend. Their job is to make sure the company doesn’t get sued. That’s it.

In general, I am dubious of HR’s role on an industry-wide level. On a personal level, one HR exec really had my back in a sticky situation. That had colored my feelings about HR execs since then.

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