[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte

1) He's an idiot for using "your" when he should have used "you're". On the basis of this alone he should be fired.
2) Anyone who thinks HR is there to protect the employee(s) is an idiot. HR exists merely to provide a paper trail that will protect the CORPORATION, nothing more.

Agree totally. Have worked with HR for many years as a supervisor and rarely had them help an employee.

Only one case that I know of. Our former HR supervisor had left the company and found out that several of us had been laid off 3 weeks after 9/11. Company was trying to kick us out and not give us our 401k that had been vested. She contacted me and gave me a list of the things to ask for and what to do. I did so and saved our 401k for about 25 people. Really helped us and she did not even work there then.

This is the ONLY case I have seen where someone in HR was there to help. Otherwise they are there to CYA for the company and screw the employee. Most people I know treat HR as snakes there waiting to bite you when you make even a simple mistake.