The general belief is that HR is there to protect the company from you. As a result, HR is not generally expected to help you with your problems, and any encoun

The general belief is that HR is there to protect the company from you. As a result, HR is not generally expected to help you with your problems, and any encounter with HR has a dramatically greater potential downside than potential upside. So in the interests of controlling risk, encounters with HR are to be limited.