You did the right thing. Sadly, the quality of HR professionals has been on the decline for some time now, because kids are coming out of college with HR degree

You did the right thing. Sadly, the quality of HR professionals has been on the decline for some time now, because kids are coming out of college with HR degrees that are completely detached from reality (wait, this sounds like a lot of college degrees :) ). They don't realize how much litigation is involved and just how much an HR mistake can harm a business.