Have you ever/would you whistle-blow?

[Kate!]

I've actively whistle blown and ended up out of a job because I did so. However I have no regrets and I'd do it again. I blew the whistle on a "Nurse" as she called herself. I witnessed her shoving an elderly woman out of the office, she was rough as hell with her and the woman tried to slap her so she gave her sedative drugs and told her family she was aggressive. The manager wasn't happy when I reported it and nothing was done about it as it was my word against hers and she denied the man handling. They started criticising my work etc and eventually it all became unbearable to the point I resigned. I had second thoughts but they refused me a cooling off period to retract my resignation. The nurse in question got sacked a month after I left for "medication discrepancies. I'd never work in a nursing home again.

[DemolitionRed]

You can hold your head high, knowing you did the right thing Kate.
Whistle-blowing is highly encouraged during a medics training and the ones most likely to whistle-blow, are those fresh out of med school.
Tragically, when you've worked in this business long enough and you've witnessed how whistle-blowers are treated, too many staff keep their head low, their noses clean and often at the expense of someone being abused.

I don't know how long you've worked within this establishment and it doesn't really matter. The fact that you were the voice for a vulnerable person, speaks volumes of the sort of person you are.
Shame on that nurse and even more shame on the manager who had the ability to stop this.

[Quantum Boy]

The manager wasn't happy when I reported it and nothing was done about it as it was my word against hers and she denied the man handling. They started criticising my work etc and eventually it all became unbearable to the point I resigned. I had second thoughts but they refused me a cooling off period to retract my resignation.

This is known as "managing out" and is effectively how managers get rid of unwanted staff who they can't easily fire (no poor performance or gross misconduct). It should be illegal but unfortunately it's very common practice.

In short, it's mistreating staff just inside of the "acceptable line" until they get fed up and quit.

[Cherie]

There was a discussion on LBC this morning about whistle blowing, most of the people who blew the whistle lost their jobs.....

[UserSince2005]

I blew my boss’s whistle at work

[Crimson Dynamo]

Dan Wooton is blowing Philth's whistle on GB news right now

I will post the full show in the morning

shocking

[Kate!]

There was a discussion on LBC this morning about whistle blowing, most of the people who blew the whistle lost their jobs.....

This does not surprise me.

[bots]

i haven't needed to whistle blow in my career and won't ever need to. I think if someone does whistle blow they have already decided that the place they work is not for them, so carrying on at the same place after blowing the whistle would be very unusual

[Quantum Boy]

I haven't but my wife has a couple of times. She's not one for anonymous whistleblowing though she just goes on the warpath ❤️. Tbh if those experiences are anything to go by, you're actually less likely to face repercussions if you just go all out.