Reliability | HR ranked LEAST trusted profession at work

Trust is an important and valued trait in the workplace.

Not only does it build a strong foundation between employees and their superiors, trust is found to highly correlate with employee output and team morale. A big part of HR’s remit is to act as a buffer between employees and their managers when conflicts arise and solve people-related problems which requires high levels of trust. Without it, HR may struggle to get employee buy-in for anything going forwards.

Yet, new research from wellbeing charity CABA found that the dedicated people function was in fact ranked the least trusted profession in an organisation.

Just five per cent of employees ranked HR as a trusted function, with managers and office managers coming in fourth position (eight per cent). Co-workers were ranked as the most trusted colleagues in the workplace, whether they were on the same level (39%), more junior (11%) or more senior (ten per cent).