> Apparently HR did an internal audit and found no evidence of retaliation. Which isn't surprising. It just means that for every decision made by a manager in t

> Apparently HR did an internal audit and found no evidence of retaliation. Which isn't surprising. It just means that for every decision made by a manager in this case, they had a reasonable business justification that wasn't simply a desire to retaliate. I'm not sure why you believe that. HR exists to protect the company from its staff. This just screams to me that they were in damage control mode.