Comment by zac23or

Before my first job, I read many of these types of texts. When I entered the job market, I saw that the truth was very different. This is pure nonsense.

In my 26 years of experience, I see managers and HR professionals as company advocates, with a single mission: to protect the company's interests.

Whether managers admit mistakes or not is irrelevant; what matters is that they defend the company's interests, no matter the cost.

Mistakes are passed on to the people who can do the heavy lifting, and they respond with dismissal or legal retaliation (when possible).

Your HR exit interview is designed to find out if you harbor resentment toward the company and if there's a chance the company will be sued.

I've tried every imaginable technique I've read in modern books. Politics are more important than anything, and nothing works.