How seriously does Medtronic HR or ethics dept take these, and are they ultimately just gonna protect management and sweep things under the rug or what? Is it worth making a good faith complaint!
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I’ve heard from others they don’t have your back. Medtronic has more s-xual harassment issues than the Catholic Church. They do nothing.
Agree.
HR is there to protect the company and its VIPs, not the hoi polloi.
However, if you are going to sue them or make any other sort of formal complaint via outside agencies, etc. then use HR to cross all your Ts and dot all your Is.
What I mean is, make sure to file a complaint directly with whoever you're having issues with, and looping in your boss and HR with that communication first, so you can prove that you did due dilligence in trying to get the matter resolved by going through the proper channels in-house, first.
The onus is then on them to prove whether or not they responde,d fairly, in a timely manner, effectively, and what if any steps were taken and with whom, along the way.
Don't expect HR to be there for you, to be on your side.
They won't be.
They will pretend to care, and go through the motions, but what they're really doing is not hesitating to cover up and outright deny or lie or try to place blame on you, instead of being fair.
So be careful about how you word things when communicating with them (don't go into extensive detail, think before you speak, be brief, succinct, factual, and unemotional), and document every communication in writing (Names, dates, subjects discussed, plans of action, deadlines/expectations & were they met, next steps promised vs. what really happened or didn't happen, etc.)
USE them to bolster your own position, but don't expect HR to give much of anything reasonable, acceptable, fair, or successful in terms of resolution through them. Pretend though, as if you really believe they're working with you in earnest, and act on good terms with everyone involved (including HR).
You're basically communicating with HR to CYA and document any BS they try to feed you about whatever the issue is at hand. Then take that documentation to a lawyer to take care of business ; )
If it's an Ethics complaint, look at the in-house ethics hotline or whatever the same as HR. Make a formal complaint with them, but don't expect any resolution (and you might be subject to retaliation, which is another ball of wax, entirely.) But again, use the in-house Ethics complaint as proof that you went there first, then if/when you don't get resolution through them, you can escalate to state & federal levels.
@OP My experience was that unless you have solid incontrovertible evidence of a violation that would leave them legally exposed it’s not worth your time. The ethics department is there to protect the company, And I’m not saying that cynically, it’s just true. So as long as you know that’s what you’re dealing with, use that to make your decision.