The main purpose of documenting is to show HR that you are documenting, which may get them to reconsider sketchy behavior. I respect the ideal state you’re sho

The main purpose of documenting is to show HR that you are documenting, which may get them to reconsider sketchy behavior. I respect the ideal state you’re shooting for here, but that “may” leaves too much wiggle room for HR sleight-of-hands. I sit here and tell you with a straight face I’ve watched first hand companies doing some pretty shady things under the banner of HR that raised several ethical flags, but because they weren’t outright illegal, when the employee came back with plenty of documentation they still walked away with no judgement, no settlement, and no job. “Showing” HR that I’m documenting just seems like a REALLY good way to get a very large target painted on my back and… I don’t know if people want to show their hands like that.