can we not be looking for fights please? We are assuming a lot from a fragment of prose and I think would be better if we afforded one another the kindest interpretation of their prose that we can.
not everyone has a positive relationship with the HR department of their work place. Ergo one can be cynical of any practices or policies they put forward thus leading towards a mistrust of the term.
You might be assuming everyone else has the same relationship with the words that you do and this could be a mistake.