Yes and no...HR is there for the company by ensuring that the rules are followed in regards to how the employees are treated. So in doing so, they are also looking out for the employees.
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jacob <ja...@excaliburfilms.com> wrote: > > HR is there for the company, not the employee. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2010 7:04 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Workplace bullying or mobbing > > > Out of curiosity, did you contact the HR department of your company? > This isn't mentioned at all in your post so it's unclear if you attempted > to > do so. Unions are not the first line of defense for this sort of thing and > neither is quitting your job. Contacting HR would be my first step. > > Alot of (bigger) companies have very paranoid HR departments who live for > this sort of complaint. > > -Cameron > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:23 AM, trish simon <trishsimo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > This is very real! I went through a horrible abusive situation with > > my supervisor last year. > > > > Under normal circumstances I would have quit and took another job. > > However, I was recovering from surgery (likely the reason for the > > harassment), and in this job market finding another job in my > > situation would have been impossible. Not to mention all of the > > benefits I would have lost. I joined the local workers union (at the > > prodding of my co-workers and friends), and they fought on my behalf. > > It was a rather easy case since I had saved every email, note, > > documentation, evaluation, certificate, voice messages, was always on > time, deadlines met, customers happy, etc. > > > > After 11 years of employment at this place I never thought I would > > join the union... they are definitely worthwhil > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325629 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
