Can confirm. I retired from a corporate career and had many dealings with HR as both a manager and a regular employee. Never go to HR for anything because nothing good will come of it.
Can confirm. Went to HR to tell how my boss was requiring one of my team members to clean parts with an acid but not providing PPE even after the employee was complaining of headaches from vapors. The HR person went to my boss to talk about it and told him how I had come to them about it. Immediately I was made "the safety guy" and given extra work to do to write safety docs and procure PPE. I fought back about how this extra work was retaliating against me. And I was fired within a month as a "layoff" despite being the only project engineer to finish a profitable project that year. This was a fortune 500 company and I was told I would never find another job in that industry if I lawyered up. At the time I fell for it. Biggest regret of my career.
Can confirm. I retired from a corporate career and had many dealings with HR as both a manager and a regular employee. Never go to HR for anything because nothing good will come of it.
Can confirm. Went to HR to tell how my boss was requiring one of my team members to clean parts with an acid but not providing PPE even after the employee was complaining of headaches from vapors. The HR person went to my boss to talk about it and told him how I had come to them about it. Immediately I was made "the safety guy" and given extra work to do to write safety docs and procure PPE. I fought back about how this extra work was retaliating against me. And I was fired within a month as a "layoff" despite being the only project engineer to finish a profitable project that year. This was a fortune 500 company and I was told I would never find another job in that industry if I lawyered up. At the time I fell for it. Biggest regret of my career.
I don't think a court would look kindly on that rationale.