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Nobody likes a Whisleblower
You got blacklisted for publicly Whistle-blowing at a company meeting. For your trouble you lost a job, faced economic hardship, and had to explain at interviews why this employer would not give you a reference. You did not follow the #1 Rule of Business which is CYA (Cover Your Ass).
You berate the IT staff of companies that went under almost to the point of blaming them for the Enron, Worldcom, Countrywide disasters. You say that IT people are the guardians of the company data? That doesn't mean that IT admins KNOWS what that data is. Faced with the options 1> immediate termination for leaking company data, getting blacklisted. Or 2> Hope for the best. Or 3> Get a new job with a good reference before the **** hits the fan. Which one did you choose?
Posted by: 2copper   Posted on: 10/08/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Nobody likes a Whisleblower  2copper | 10/08/08
I know it's hard  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/08/08
Risks  Your Mom 2.0 | 10/08/08
whistle blowers are untrustworthy  lost in Texas | 10/08/08
Bingo!  ryumaou@... | 10/08/08
Right..  TedKraan | 10/08/08
A vague recollection  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/08/08
Okay Murph but..  TedKraan | 10/08/08
RE: The IT role in the mortgage meltdown  jigarsheth@... | 10/08/08
Correct  jigarsheth@... | 10/08/08
???the equivalent of the 100-year flood???  Bill4 | 10/08/08
RE: The IT role in the mortgage meltdown  nik@... | 10/08/08
Don't lose any sleep - IT would have made absolutely no diffrerence  JohnMcGrew@... | 10/08/08
Agreed  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/08/08
Video is biased  paultkeen@... | 10/08/08
umm, excuse me? but I said  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/08/08
Executives should listen to IT staff...  Anton Philidor | 10/08/08
It amazes me Anton how ...  p_msac@... | 10/08/08
Corrections and clarifications  Anton Philidor | 10/08/08
Everybody knew the meltdown was coming  stan@... | 10/08/08
Tinkering with a good thing  Mark Miller | 10/09/08
No Income, No Job or Assets  Anton Philidor | 10/09/08
My take is that IT should not be involved.  DevGuy_z | 10/08/08
But also a matter of personal moral choice  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/08/08
I am not advocating "see no evil", just information isolation.  DevGuy_z | 10/08/08
IT is only the Data Keeper not the Regulatory Agent.  brau@... | 10/08/08
.  Pantalaimon | 10/08/08
?  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/08/08
The quants who wrote the programs  seanferd | 10/08/08
IT people are part of the problem - always will be  graywave | 10/08/08
Agreed  murph_z ZDNet Moderator | 10/08/08
Things are sad....  JesperFrimann | 10/09/08
Why not apologise?  tonymcs@... | 10/08/08
Responsibility ...  p_msac@... | 10/08/08
oh phuleeze!  ca1ic0cat | 10/09/08
Management provides the business rules  The Rationalist | 10/09/08
RE: The IT role in the mortgage meltdown  devils_advocate | 10/09/08
And They Gave Little Credence to the IT Guy to Our Detriment  elizab | 10/09/08
RE: The IT role in the mortgage meltdown  muzza2005 | 10/10/08
RE: The IT role in the mortgage meltdown  muzza2005 | 10/10/08

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