Correct. They are there to manage the company's human resources. They're not there to help us. It's in the name of their title. The company perceives people as nothing but another resource to exploit.
You are implying people choose to work in HR because they are heartless corporate bootlickers who like crushing people's lives, and not because, idk, it's a job they get paid to do
That's not what I'm implying. Lots of us have to do stuff for our paychecks that we wouldn't do otherwise. HR people seem to be pretty cool to me. HR departments and policies are not there to help you, they're there to protect the company's resources.