Early 2000s, I was sacked from a small manufacturing company for first time lateness. In retaliation, I whistle-blew to the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency.The impact was a couple of hefty fines that led to the collapse of the company. I never wanted that.
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@fesshole Don't think anyone wants to know the fallout of worldwide economic collapse if everyone blew a whistle like that.
Thankfully there's nowhere near enough inspectors.
@fesshole Well, sure, but that begs the question if, since the fines were that hefty, was that business supposed to be in operation in the first place? You may have made the employees' life more difficult because they had to find a new job, but you may just as well have saved someone's life.
@fesshole The only thing you did wrong was not blowing the whistle earlier. Better the company goes bankrupt due to whistleblowing than their bad safety practise kills someone, then they go bankrupt after the death is investigated.