Hmm I don't know, if I were a whistleblower I wouldn't really care what my colleagues would think. Also, many of his colleagues probably admire him. They

Hmm I don't know, if I were a whistleblower I wouldn't really care what my colleagues would think. Also, many of his colleagues probably admire him. They are also aware of the problems and presumably want them fixed. I gather that whistleblower claims are generally about systemic and management issues, and not "Bob from accounting is a stupid idiot."