What’s Next? The #MeToo Movement and HR

How many of you have heard that HR doesn’t care about employees? It’s kind of insulting, isn’t it?

One of the themes to emerge from the #MeToo movement is that HR practitioners can’t possibly care about workplace harassment because they’re not employee advocates. When in doubt, employees should avoid speaking to them because they’ll just side with the company, anyway.

It’s pretty harsh, and it’s not actually true. However, some of the criticism leveled at HR is valid.

Susan Fowler struggled...