Just kind of had an honest conversation with HR about my role and manager and think I was too honest and didn't realize how upset I was until talking to HR in this quarterly check-in. Can anything bad really come of this?

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HR is your friend if your goals and the companies goals align, however HR is there ultimately to protect the company

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Maybe follow up with an email along the lines of “I appreciate you listening to my concerns and feel relieved to have your support. I look forward to a long future with our company and thankful we can work through any obstacles. If there are additional steps I can take for the company and I to be more successful together, I would be happy to explore.”

I once had a similar meeting with my managers boss to ask how I was enjoying the role and if my manager was supportive and helpful and she used it to fire me saying I wasn’t a team player or willing to put in the effort to get along with the team for a successful environment. I was the 4th person in that role fired in the last 2 years for the same reason.

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HR isn’t your friend, depends what you said. This could be detrimental to your long term career prospects at your current gig.

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Follow up swiftly in writing and stay neutral emotionally in the email while making sure to hit your bullet points, especially those that align with the company mission.
It will stay in your File and you can point to it if you need to CYA.
Now try to stop replaying the meeting in your head. What is done is done. You absolutely cannot change what is already past. You can reset your focus and emotions and keep moving forward.
Best of luck to you and glad to hear you are speaking up.

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Tough spot…start looking at/speaking to other companies you’d like to work for. You need to be ready in case the convo went too far. HR is not your friend

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So the range of bad outcomes is nothing to getting fired for cause. Most likely you didnt say anything they advent heard a hundred times and they simply wrote it down and put it in a file. People tend to thing the worst and fear the worst but its rarely that bad.

That said....get on LinkedIn, dust off your resume and have a solid plan B.

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