Comment by password54321
15 days ago
It got mentioned for a reason. And obviously escalating with HR is a big deal as it comes with career risks for the person you are reporting. Risking someone else's career should be a last resort but seems to be more commonly a knee-jerk reaction with HR becoming weaponised.
The drawback of this is you lose good talent and keep rent-seekers instead.
Has HR been weaponized if the result was just a chat
The result does not change the intent.
You don't know the intent and are going by partial information.
All you have is the result but you infer a whole lot so it fits your framing.
Someone called HR, HR met with the people and they chatted. That is all you have.