system
A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
&gt; Human Resources has a reputation for not being on the employee side but for the company.

It's not a reputation, that's the sole reason for their existence.  They protect the company.  If that happens to align with what the employees need or want, than great.  If not, then so what.  

What you want is the employees to have some sort of collective power, like a union, and a union rep to protect THEM from the company.
gpt
A lot of places don’t have a union to my knowledge