Since forever? The job of HR is the protect the company. If a single employee is causing a problem that impacts work through the majority of the company they wi

Since forever? The job of HR is the protect the company. If a single employee is causing a problem that impacts work through the majority of the company they will find a way to remove the problem. There's a reason politics is generally discouraged at work. We're generally all guilty of it, but it leads to problems in unit cohesion. The military tends to handle this well with the whole "you'll think what the branch wants you to think" mentality because you literally cannot have infighting on the line. It also tends to make you a lot more tolerant of people when you're depending on them to watch your back.