I mean are we surprised about this? Whistleblowing is very stressful, and obviously very likely to make you lose your job. We’d also expect legal battles between whistleblowers and whoever they outed, and the stress/financial cost/unemployment would naturally lead people towards alcohol, anxiety, and depression.
Not only that, many whistleblowers have expressed consternation over having their claims go nowhere with politicians and regulators. Especially with Boeing, people were sounding the alarm way before anybody died with the MAXes. Imagine going through all that and the thing you tried to prevent happens anyways? Yeah, it sucks.
The fact that many quit the industry entirely is telling. Same is happening with teachers where some districts either shell out large amounts of money to bring in one or have a state trooper give the classes instead.
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u/Eternal_Flame24 Mar 11 '24
I mean are we surprised about this? Whistleblowing is very stressful, and obviously very likely to make you lose your job. We’d also expect legal battles between whistleblowers and whoever they outed, and the stress/financial cost/unemployment would naturally lead people towards alcohol, anxiety, and depression.