this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2025
597 points (99.2% liked)
Microblog Memes
8769 readers
2216 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
Rules:
- Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
- Be nice.
- No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
- Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.
Related communities:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
While a meme, yes. I'm an ex-boss and I'll happily verify that HR works for the company. The function is, "within what the company needs, keep employees happy and content", sure - but at the slightest conflict between company needs and HR needs it's the company needs that matter.
This isn't really supposed to be a secret, but I think we don't talk about it openly enough since every time a discussion like this pops up I see people who have misunderstood the function of HR.
... now what might be a bit more of a secret is how closely companies work together with the unions. Let's just say I've never seen any real union pushback.
Depending on the company/the department, it's also a goal to avoid legal trouble. Which can sometimes benefit the employee, but if HR is acting in your benefit there's a decent chance you could have sued the company
That's mostly a US thing though I think? Over here in Europe the concept of suing your company is practically non-existent. Your recourse is through the legal system regardless of any HR actions.
America uses lawsuits because there is no legal system around workers rights. Best we can do is sue for damages and hope there is something left over after lawyer fees.