Like an Agatha Christie novel, you never will know who “done you in.” The communication is terrible! “People Support” is not supportive (and I am not sure they are actually people, either!). Back-channeling is endorsed and tacitly supported. Non-providers work scared. Everyone keeps a diary. Don’t make waves, do not offer a better mousetrap, and most of all, do not call out an HR mid-level for performing in such a way that a tragedy was narrowly avoided and a travesty executed.