> First, HR is not your friend. They're there to protect the company. This is absolutely correct. However the next sentence reveals a curious mis-alignment in

> First, HR is not your friend. They're there to protect the company. This is absolutely correct. However the next sentence reveals a curious mis-alignment in our culture at large: > Perhaps sometimes your interests align with the company but that's just an accident. It is absolutely in the interest of the company to not treat people like shit, from multiple vantage points ranging from selfishly not wanting to be embarrassed by their own misconduct, to more altruistic moral obligation. If the company does not believe that, they are mistaken and foolish, prioritizing perceived short term gain over the right thing to do. Unfortunately, this particular brand of short-sightedness is the norm and our cultural expectation.