Everybody's loyalty is to the person who signs their checks, that's just a basic rule of life It's not to say HR employees are evil but their job isn't to look out for your interests any more than the salesperson's job is to honestly tell you if the outfit looks good on youhttps://twitter.com/sebastianxade/status/1276161207318298627 …
Yes, just as a union formally owes fiduciary loyalty to their membership Which is why a non-union shop is a great deal for the employer, since they have a whole team required to be loyal to them (including you) and no one is required to be loyal to you but yourself