>"HR is not your friend. HR is not there to protect you and your career." Right. Being a friend, advocate and protector is the role of a professional union.

>"HR is not your friend. HR is not there to protect you and your career." Right. Being a friend, advocate and protector is the role of a professional union. Unfortunately, the labor in tech seems convinced that each is better off on his or her own despite being up against a cartel of behemoths [1]. 1: http://pando.com/2014/03/22/revealed-apple-and-googles-wage-fixing-cartel-involved-dozens-more-companies-over-one-million-employees/ http://pando.com/2014/03/22/revealed-apple-and-googles-wage-...