Can HR be trusted? If I need to talk to a HR rep, should I be on guard? Do they use information against employees? Are they really partners, or enemies?
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Charming spies among us!
I trust HR to fraternize.
Don’t bother calling the ethics hotline either. The Chief Compliance Officer doesn’t care about ethics if it involves any one who could help her.
Reporting any ethics, harassment, or company policy violation by executive management will result in your termination. The company talks “people”, but leadership takes care of their own. Pursue only with the strong possibility that nothing will happen, your career will be irreparably damaged, or you will be layed off at the next round.
It’s what we do.
By all means file a report to HR, never suffer in silence, its your duty to report any and all suspected ethics violations, Management cannot help if they are unaware of your circumstances, no report made in good faith will ever be reprimanded or reprisals permitted, its more than just about you, others may be in the same situation, there are many reasons to do the right thing least of all the Company brand may be diminished due to your lack of action,
Then pack up your c-ap and get out,
I went to Legal with an ethics violation, following company policies and procedures. Did not end well. The company talks “People”, but management protects its own. Don’t go.
Don’t hear much about it anymore but there was an ombudsman, my bad, ombudsperson. Probably still not good for a career.
I went to HR tree times with valid complaints. No action was taken on the first two and partial action was taken on the third. I was let go the next time there were layoffs. These are all facts. I don't know if your experience would be the same. It is my experience that the HR is indeed there to represent the best interest of the company, just as 1oai says.
Thanks for the response. Confirms my instinct.
I’ve known people who went to HR with a valid complaint, backed by other employees, complete with paper trails and documentation. Yet they were deemed the problem and swiftly penalized. DO NOT DO IT. Somehow the perpetrator always gets away unscathed, even promoted, while the whistle blower is held responsible and marked as a trouble maker.
HR does not have your back, I know this as a fact
I went to HR with an ethics and legal situation with “executive management” in Houston. I’d already spoken to an outside attorney who advised me to pursue. It did not end well for me. HR “investigated and interviewed” and found no evidence of anything. My VP “altered testimony” to protect this “leader”. My previous supervisor had previously been layed off and no attempt was made to interview.
If this is a real question, all this will do is hurt your career. Either accept or leave. I left and am so much better off. Management at this company is poison.
Oh honey, HR represents the best interest of COP, never you. Never.
Don’t do it.