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HR works for the organisation. It's not there to protect you. Source: work in the HR industry.
by 0898 10y ago
HR works for the organisation. It's not there to protect you. Source: work in the HR industry.
- mc32 10y agoYep. No fan of Ellen Pao, but it seems obvious HR did her no favors over at Kleiner Perkins.
- twblalock 10y agoThis is true, but I should point out that an organization with foresight would not permit harassment of employees, because the long-term cost of the lawsuits and bad publicity will be bad for the organization.
- acjohnson55 10y agoBut Uber's entire business plan is about flouting rules and sustainability so that they can become irreplaceable. The sad fact is that they're probably being entirely rational. What's right is often unprofitable, short-term and long-term. Unless they have a big exodus of talent or customers, even a report this embarrassing is unlikely to slow the juggernaut.
- scott_karana 10y agoThat's Uber's strategic focus publically, but HR is an internal department and could conceivably be different, just like how their Marketing team almost certainly doesn't flout (or at least emphasize) flouting of laws.
- raverbashing 10y agoWorking for the organization should also mean avoiding potential lawsuits
- eloisant 10y agoAlso working for the organization doesn't mean working for that specific middle manager who keeps harassing co-workers.