Blind eye at work

[THE SENTINEL]

Without going into all the details,My Managers told me to keep doing something that I know is breaking state law.
I have contacted some state officals and what we are doing is against the law.I was giving the state law code.
I contacted my manager and he said they would investigate it and let me know if it was unlawful.
I sent a email to all the other employees that do the same job that I do.I was emailed back by management
to keep this under the rug.The really bad thing about it is,without going into detail.I know we are breaking the law beacause
of the job title I held before this one.I know if we are caught I am the Patsy.

 

[Maggot]

Simple answer"

Document their email telling you to keep it under the rug.

Refuse to break the law. Document.

If your fired use the "whistleblower law"

You own the company and can do it the lawful way.

 

[Shootinsurveyor]

Print out everything email wise dealing with this and keep it somewhere safe. Then refuse to conduct the illegal activity anymore. If they sent you emails about this, you can pretty much say how big of a check you want. Most managers wont send stuff like that in emails due to the chance at it being documented.

 

[Switchblade]

Fry the motherfuckers. In other words, you have enough to get them before they get you. You want to allow it to continue as ordered, have at it, but methinks you might have bigger balls than that since you are a member here. If not, go back to ARF.com

 

[RichardTractorGuy]

I guess I don't understand why those state officials that you contacted aren't more interested or even suspicious why you contacted them. It would give me reason to investigate.

 

[3O8Junkie]

Had a similar situation years ago in the Casino industry. The owners pet manager was getting cute with the money in the trays while drinking off duty, refusing to pay losing bets etc. I called the gambling commission on break because I am a working stiff and refuse to take the hit for some millionaire.

Being a supervisor I was able to give them exact times, cameras to check video on etc. Nailed him hard. That manager promptly took a 2 week "vacation". Sometimes it comes down to a case of covering your own ass.

The issue you have is that now they know that you know so any anonymous reporting is probably not possible at this point. As others have suggested, and as was crucial in my case DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT, DOCUMENT....

Good luck sir. Doing the right thing can be a bitch.

 

[Victor N TN]

Sometimes you know that doing the right thing MAY cost you your job. Have you got the heart and balls to do the right thing knowing you're going to catch h*ll? That's something YOU will have to call on your own. I know what I would do. Or at least what I HOPE I would do. But you have to make that decision.

 

[hansonian]

I would setup a separate email account like GMail or something, then forward any incriminating emails to that account. That way you have something besides a printout to CYA.

 

[THE SENTINEL]

Here is there answer to my email.

>>> 5/17/2013 9:52 AM >>>
R, we will have the prosecutor's office review this statute and give us an opinion as it relates to the Transfer Facilities. In the future should you have any other concerns or issues of a potentially legal matter you need to relay that directly to your Supervisor not all scale operators. While we will address your concerns and value your opinion we have attorneys who will provide us with guidance prior to sending out a notice to all operations.
Thank-you in advance for your cooperation.

My union rep said the whisle blower always gets screwed.Bunch of crooks.Documenting everything.When shit rolls down hill they can catch it.

 

[Veer_G]

Get yourself representation and an absolutely clearcut immunity from prosecution going in.

 

[Sean the Nailer]

Thank-you in advance for your cooperation.

That almost seems like a threat of "Do it, or else!"

 

[sic]

No job is worth getting on the wrong side of the law. Personally I wouldn't risk my freedoms for a paycheck.

 

[Name Enough]

Print out everything email wise dealing with this and keep it somewhere safe. Then refuse to conduct the illegal activity anymore. If they sent you emails about this, you can pretty much say how big of a check you want. Most managers wont send stuff like that in emails due to the chance at it being documented.

I would not print out the email from work. I would forward the email to my own private account and then print it out. Been there done that - if you are separated from service it can turn out that the emails are their property and you can't have them.

 

[jephthai]

I'd let their lawyer tell my lawyer I can't have them.

Furthermore, if you're intent on preserving evidence, make sure you keep the email headers too -- that is, more than what Outlook shows you. You want what you have to be corroborated by subpoena results or subsequent investigations.

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[M25BeastShooter]

You don't work for the IRS do you???!!!

 

[THE SENTINEL]

They decided to follow the law after contacting the same peaple I did.They were taking watercraft
without titles.I work for the county in the scale house at a transfer station.I worked in county Auto Title
before that for 6 years.Now they require a tiltle for watercraft before we put it in the landfill .

 

[Sean the Nailer]

And what was the reason "they" were 'taking' watercraft without titles? And why are watercraft being put in the landfill?

Mayor owns a boat dealership, and it's a make-work project? (that was a joke, not a pissing-match starter)