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Pro tip for whistleblowers: Hire an attorney before you blow the whistle, and listen to their advice. Preferably an attorney who has litigated against your empl
by rrggrr 10y ago
Pro tip for whistleblowers: Hire an attorney before you blow the whistle, and listen to their advice. Preferably an attorney who has litigated against your employer in the past. If you simply must write a diatribe beforehand then stick the facts of the issue at-hand (eg. discrimination) and avoid the temptation to author a tell all. Even the best future employers will be given pause upon learning of your tell all blog post, regardless of the rock solid merits. In short: Don't let you feelings get in the way of your desired result.
- tonmoy 10y agoAnd people were asking why these women just don't sue. It seems people need to be careful and think twice even when writing a blog post let alone sue.
- xiphias 10y agoIf you are refering to me, I asked why she doesn't go to a lawyer... I had consulted lawyers many times in my life, but never sued.
- tonmoy 10y agoNo, I wasn't referring to that. I was referring to numerous comments on the original post of Susan Flower's blog on HN
- mrmaximus 10y agoShort answer is that their employment contracts probably don't allow them to sue. Almost all employment contracts contain binding arbitration agreements now.
- donovanm 10y agoSueing a gigantic company requires lots of money, courage, and could leave you a marked person. It's not that easy of a thing to do.
- crispyambulance 10y agoI suspect that Fowler may very well have done that (and then some) before even writing the blog post. Looking back in retrospect, the timing was uncannily excellent and very media savvy. This situation would require immense courage from anyone, and she's been handling it perfectly. I don't think she needs a pro-tip !
- RodericDay 10y ago"Consult an expensive attorney before you speak out against a powerful person harassing you" smdh.
- gorbachev 10y agoThat depends entirely on what your goal is. Her goal wasn't to protect herself from an Evil Corp, but to shed light to Evil Corp's actions. She achieved that probably better than she ever expected. Her blog post also was one of the most "rantless" posts I've ever read about events of that nature. Compare, for example, to Leah Rowe's public posts about the GNU foundation. It wasn't written because her feelings got in the way.