Depends how broadly you define HR. The company I work for has hr but their role is pretty limited. Payroll is handled by accounts. Recruitment is mostly done

Depends how broadly you define HR. The company I work for has hr but their role is pretty limited. Payroll is handled by accounts. Recruitment is mostly done by hiring managers. Day-to-day issues are handled by line managers and office managers. Most onboarding comes from a health and safety manager and QA leads. The vast majority of people doing these kind of duties report to someone other than HR. The core duty of the actual HR team is looking after executives. Providing advice and managing the relationship between directors and employees. And acting as a lever for instilling "behaviours" in the workforce. It creates distance.