that 's terrible ! i suppose sometimes things backfire , no matter how good our intentions are . what happened ? they tried to make out i was bad at my job , that 's the last time i 'll give somebody a heads up at my own expense again . oh , no . that 's awful ! did you report something that had occurred at your job ? i sure did , thankfully i 've been there a lot longer so they know me well enough . yeah , that 's good . it 's hard to know whether to blow the whistle sometimes . it could always come back for you . i 'm glad that it sounds like it worked out . it did , but it could have ended very badly for me or even have resulted in me losing my job . yeah , navigating those sorts of things is treacherous , but as long as you know you 're doing the right thing , that 's all you can do .
Potential negative consequences from whistleblowing or reporting unethical behavior at work.