So true, Rojola! I had a supervisor being verbally abusive, and I went to HR to ask what I should do the next time he did that. A day or two later the three of us were there together and the HR guy said something about our being there to review my job description...and I immediately interrupted him and said "No, that is not why I am here!" He then asked about that and I repeated what I had said to him at the very beginning: "I want to know what to do the next time my supervisor verbally abuses me." Within a few minutes I actually did get an admission of error from my supervisor and a promise that he would be more careful in the future, but I have no idea what was written in the report for that meeting.