| Honestly, I hope the employees involved file a massive class action suit against the CEO, head of HR, and the board for creating a hostile environment. Burn the place to the ground. Somewhere along the line in the past 20 years, HR and senior leadership decided they were not "managers" but "therapists". We don't discuss what happened from a process and policy compliance perspective (depersonalizing it). No - we have to turn it into a holier than thou judgement session about your values and personal beliefs. The problem is... instead of the brief burst of discomfort produced by a policy compliance discussion (which is often very impersonal), the feedback discussion becomes a very personal judgement about you by a respected authority figure that you have been conditioned to listen to. Far more painful and damaging. I went thought something similar at a former employer, a nasty web of pseudo-therapy "coaching" to help "align me with corporate values". I had an chance to leave and I took it. 30 days later, my family commented that Dad was finally smiling again.... From an ethical perspective, HR needs to RUN from anything resembling being a therapist. No mental health professional could ethically operate under the realities of their job: they have a massive conflict of interest and policy prohibitions against client confidentiality. You should never open up to HR. Period. They're not a mental health provider. If you're in HR and want to work as a mental health professional, quit your corporate job, get licensed, and operate in accordance with industry ethics! |