Look, do not talk to HR about an issue you have with a supervisor or manager. Their sole function is to gather information about the situation and relay that back to the supervisor. Then they help determine how to discredit the employee who entered the complaint, and use the layoffs to remove these employees. I was one who trusted and brought a complaint to HR about being harassed by my supervisor. HR asked three other female employees if they had the same sexual harassment feeling from this supervisor. I was released (fired) in May. Two of the other three women were fired during the latest layoff round. And only one remains employed, I think, maybe they got her to. Suspicious???? Those are the facts, what do you think? Bottom line, do not talk to HR, get your own legal representation.