My experience is not directly related but one of the things I have noticed working as an software engineer in the banking industry is how quickly management clo

My experience is not directly related but one of the things I have noticed working as an software engineer in the banking industry is how quickly management closes ranks to protect one of their own. No matter how much a manager fucks up, when your as an engineer tell on him/her, your ass will be handed to you. And the blacklist is real -- informal but real.You can't transfer out as all the managers will give you shitty references. So I can empathize with the plight of the blacklisted engineer. Its scary and it could happen to anyone.