HR is often awful, sure. But it helps get the basics right. My brother works at a small (<100 people) startup in the material sciences, and the amount of times

HR is often awful, sure. But it helps get the basics right. My brother works at a small (<100 people) startup in the material sciences, and the amount of times that his and his co-workers pay statements got messed up in creative ways is incredible. Meanwhile I'm working at a decades old big company and never had any problems like that.