This article raises a lot of important considerations about how large workplaces operate and what to expect from them as a line level employee. I think it's a

This article raises a lot of important considerations about how large workplaces operate and what to expect from them as a line level employee. I think it's a reasonable takeaway for newer people to understand that HR in a big organization is there because it "adds value" to the organization mainly by protecting it from a wide range of potential legal liabilities. That's not to say that HR isn't ever useful to line level employees in specific workplace situations. I've found them to be responsive to workplace health and safety things, office ergonomics basically, when that potentially affects your health on the job. But it seems fair to observe that "human resources" is already a specialization that, as its very name indicates, tends to construe the human beings who work there as … need I even finish my point?