She alerts her company’s human resources department, which does nothing. Even if a human resources official wanted to take aggressive measures against a problematic employee, there’s no guarantee they could. If the culture’s being set from the top and it’s trickling down to the lower levels, human resources may not be looking out for you. That sort of environment compounds the lack of faith many employees have in their human resources departments. The company believes its failings in the past were partly due to the lack of senior employees in human resources.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 28, 2017 10:02 UTC