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I don't think a lot of people realize that HR is never there to defend you--its sole purpose is protect the company from legal liability.

• shawnz 8y ago
  Abusive managers are a significant legal liability. In what way are the people who report them a liability?
  • teddyh 8y ago
    > In what way are the people who report them a liability? Because they reported them. The rest of the employees are not reporting anything, and are therefore not a problem for HR to be dealt with. The conflict is between the reporting employee and the manager, who has more political capital. Therefore, HR sides with the manager to minimize risks to itself.
  • winter_blue 8y ago
    If you have an abusive manager, the best thing you can do is find out if the behavior is illegal, and change jobs. You could hire an attorney to see if any laws were broken, and if they were, likely receive some respite through the legal system. If the behavior was not illegal, there's not much else that you can really do. A few rare companies might have systems in place that rectify the behavior of abusive managers, but that's probably incredibly rare. HR is never there to help you. It's likely best to keep them out of the loop in all these matters.