Re:Firing Frankness
by patrickg_zill on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:02PM
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HR is there to protect the company. Not you.
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Does anyone, even HR, have a belief contrary to this? This seems like one of those statements that everyone knows but thinks for some reason everyone else doesn't.
Does anyone, even HR, have a belief contrary to this?
I think probably most people believe that if they have a dispute with another employee that HR will resolve it in a “fair” way. But of course HR is only really thinking of which outcome is less likely to involve lawyers or a tribunal. Head on over to workplace.SE to see loads of this... if you can’t bring a credible threat of a lawsuit HR will always side with your boss, no matter what he or she has done.
Re:Firing Frankness
by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @02:11PM
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> This seems like one of those statements that everyone knows but thinks for some reason everyone else doesn't.
It's just virtue signaling (and I don't mean that in a pejorative way). It doesn't matter that everyone knows HR isn't there to protect you. What you're really saying is "I share your beliefs".
Why is this getting downvoted?
Can you please explain why you disagree with this statement?
It's a cliché.
Re:Firing Frankness
by linksnapzz on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @03:30PM
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...a cliche that needs repeating as often as possible in as many venues as possible; until it reaches the level of ingrained knowledge that people have regarding staring into the sun, or handling downed power lines.
Re:Firing Frankness
by patrickg_zill on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @01:19AM
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Admittedly since I am the author of the original comment I am biased... However, is there any untruth in the statement?