After finishing this book I now sympathize more with whistle-blowers than I did before. Originally I thought whistle-blowers where just people who where ticked off with their company or their job duties and found problems on purpose to complain about. I honestly have no idea why I felt that way but it kind of irks me now that I think back on it. It may have to do with the first job I had was union and they did the whole song and dance to let them know if we felt the company was miss treating us. I came to realize that the company and the union where very much working together. If an employee would go to the union with a complaint, one that was supposed to be anonymous somehow a manager would still find out who it came from. The end results would usually lead to a forced transfer to another store, or working unfair shifts say one day you would work 6 pm until 3 am and then turn around and the next day work 10 am until 7pm. The company knew they couldn’t do anything but make the person go crazy (not literally) and quit. I think it is a similar way as to what was mentioned in the reading. (106) “in a word discipline works through diagnosis.” I find that unfair to send someone to a shrink just because they stood up for what they believe in. The fact that company’s get away with this is just wrong. I feel that if someone stands up and makes a complaint or brings something to light that was hidden they should be interviewed, just not by a shrink to say their nuts. The other way that company’s dealt with things to say it’s over your head or not your department (106). Just because someone is not in a position of power or may not be in a certain area doesn’t mean they are wrong. After reading and thinking about all that was brought up in the book, I feel that whistle-blowers will always get the cold shoulder. Companies will always find ways to either sweep it under the door mat and bury it or make the person blowing the whistle go away.
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