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Paddzr@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoMan, this isn’t always true.
At least not in civilised world… maybe US is such a shithole but HR can do a lot of good when the manager is shit at their job.
Lemmy is basically site wide antiwork subreddit so I’m not surprised.
In northern Europe this is correct. HR is absolutely the employers/Companys/organisations tool. They may be helpful if they see a manager is actually harmful to the employer/company, but that is rarely the case unless the manager has done something actually forbidden and it is documented. As an employee you’re far better off contacting your union representative.
Source: Married to an HR specialist.
maybe US is such a shithole but HR can do a lot of good when the manager is shit at their job.
Unless said manager is either a friend of the higher up or banged the boss (which is only how they got the job to begin with)
tmyakal@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
I can only speak from my US perspective, but here OP is correct. If you complain to HR, they will say whatever they legally can to placate you in the moment, but they will also start a file and collaborate with your manager to begin building a case for dismissal. In the US, you’re always better off applying for a new job than talking to HR about a problem.