Someone once said to me, "HR is there to protect the company from the employees." Always keep that in mind. That's what they're paid for.

For some reason, I also think of the quote [1] from Bleak House,

"Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!"

In the old days, they were called "Personnel." Now that's too old-fashioned, and pretty soon the name "HR" will be, too, so they'll call it something else.

[1] https://quotepark.com/quotes/1726203-charles-dickens-this-is...