You're right. I hadn't actually looked at it from that angle but from the time we go our HR dept., trouble began. First thing that went were the Christmas turkeys and hams. They used to give all the employees a certificate for a turkey or ham. I loved that and appreciated it. HR decided we all needed shirts with company logo and all that shit on it with Research Institute in big letters. We had order the size by guess and by golly and by golly mine didn't fit. So I basically was screwed out of a Christmas present. It was downhill from there.

I used to work extra hours and didn't mind because my supervisor took care of me and the rest of her staff, treating us like salaried employees rather than hourly. So we worked our butts off for her. HR put a stop to all that and we had to keep times heets and were not allowed any overtime (which we had never requested payment for) so from that time on, our attitudes became, "fuck 'em. It's us vs. them." So basically HR broke morale and made a less productive work place.