I remember 20 years ago when HR had offices for their organization reps on the same floors as their client business unit. They had an open door policy where employees could just pop their heads in through the door and ask a question. These were times when the HR reps were your friend and would be greeted by many as such. Today, the HR office is located on a floor away from the employees they supposedly represent. You hardly see them walking nearby or for long enough to even say hello. They dart in and out of conference room meetings or only are seen talking with management. If you arrive unexpected in their offices, they look somewhat astonished or bothered, like if you're there to lodge a complaint or or dig for information that's none of your business. That's my personal experience on how much HR has changed in 20 years.
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Guess I will be the only one who says it, mine have been great. Sorry to hear y'alls have been unpleasant.
HR at Chevron is so different than anywhere else. Its the hybrid of different types of skills that don't belong in HR. They investigate everything, if you sneeze wrong and someone complains, they have a full investigation. Shows how much knowledge and work they really do. Chevron's HR doesn't ad value but try to think they are in charge of the organization. AT the BU I was at, the same thing happened with the giggling and gossiping and running up and down halls like a bunch of children. It was unbelievable and very unprofessional.
Sorry - they were worthless 20 years ago to. At least Chevron's HR.
Strictly speaking from a legal standpoint, HR exists to protect Chevron, not to care about or protect employees. When times were good and oil was booming, HR might have "seemed" to care about employees insofar as it was good for Chevron to care about retaining them....Things were competitve in the industry and retaining people was important. However, if an employee had a complaint about anything, such as a hostile work environment, sexual harassment, or inequitable application of policies, not then and not now is HR ever on the employee's side. Remember, HR exists for one reason: to protect Chevron.
@IPWahdP-bzm, How long have you been working in HR?
Where I work you cannot even walk to an HR office. There is a separate security desk and gates to badge into that part of the building.
Remember, those can not do anything of value go in to HR.
When Employee Relations turned into Human Resources everything changed, focus was on the business of managing the employees. As it stands today they are really nothing more than over blown egos giggling and gossiping their way through Chevron. It's a real shame that most folks don't have a clue who their HR rep actually is nor has ever seen their face.