SillyLlama
SillyLlama
Student

Got laid off for making an escalation to HR for suffering bullying & harassment at workplace

15mo ago
BouncyCupcake
BouncyCupcake

First rule of dealing with HR : HR is to protect employer’s interest and not the employee’s interest.

SillyLlama
SillyLlama
Student15mo

Very sad but true

DerpyPancake
DerpyPancake

That's illegal, you can sue

SillyJellybean
SillyJellybean

+1, if you have sufficient proof you have a decent case

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba

HR is there to protect the company. They will fire you if you make them look bad. All that inclusion and safe workplace shit is bullcrap

TwirlyLlama
TwirlyLlama

Sorry to hear that, better is coming for you. Did you have escalation in writing or was it in a meeting

SillyLlama
SillyLlama

But I heard Airbnb is very employee centric with very less politics How did it happen

PeppyKoala
PeppyKoala

This was at Airbnb??

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