Throughout our careers, most of us have encountered workplace issues that were either plain annoying or downright criminal.

The question is: Do workers have confidence that HR will iron out workplace issues when things get serious? Or do most Americans view HR departments as being inconsistent, unhelpful, and determined to follow draconian policies?

The career experts at Zety decided to dive into the topic and polled 926 employees across the U.S. to see what they think of HR, whether or not they trust HR professionals to fight their corner, and what issues they are or aren’t willing to report to them.

Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace

For starters, it turns out that a full 37 percent of workers wouldn’t report sexual harassment in the workplace, and another 43 percent would hesitate to report discrimination.

The reason?