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there's rewards for whistleblowers because often doing so will destroy your career and result in massive legal bills from much more powerful entities suing you.
by skrtskrt 4y ago
there's rewards for whistleblowers because often doing so will destroy your career and result in massive legal bills from much more powerful entities suing you.
Mudge was already an officer of the company, he had much more guaranteed money to gain from just shutting up and staying there.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoThat's a very short-sighted view of a career. In the short term, it is bad for your career, but being a whistleblower who is right can raise your profile significantly and make you much wealthier than if you stay at a company quietly (even if your salary is $X million). In Mudge's case, he didn't need the money, but the publicity probably helped. Think about some of the past whistleblowers from these companies: Frances Haugen, Timnit Gebru, etc. These are all people for whom whistleblowing was a good career move.
- zimpenfish 4y ago> In Mudge's case, he didn't need the money, but the publicity probably helped. Probably also doesn't hurt that he gets to twist the knife into the company that ousted his friend Jack.