Comment by throwanem
1 month ago
> HR has but one fuckin job as far as I can tell.
Yes. Protecting the company. As long as anyone's paycheck doesn't have a slur actually written on it, that's roughly where HR's interest ends in the matter.
Don't feel too called out. If I thought you were wrong on anything else here, I would say so.
HR generally gets a secondary job of checking with other companies are paying someone for similar work. The primary job is protecting the company as you noted. (though paying someone a competitive wage protects the company from people leaving for too little, or the from paying more than they must)