Let's say you get your dream job. Paid well to do what you enjoy. You are doing it for 25 years and are 5-10 years from retirement. You are the right hand man. The owner of the company thinks of you as his #1 guy. You are the one that basically runs the company and the owner loves you for it.
One day an intern goes into your office and tells you he saw you top manager acting inappropriate with a child. They don't tell you much details but you don't think the manager is capable of such a thing so you reaffirm and reaffirm with this intern you don't even know the name of.
You immediately tell the owner because you don't know what you are supposed to do....call the police, HR dept, etc. The owner sounds absolutely shocked and says "thank you, i will contact the police after I settle down and get this taken care of. I have to make sure these facts are correct but if so then this must be dealt with immediately. Please go back to work and keep the company running as if nothing has happened. With something this serious, I think the best thing to do is to make sure everyone is busy and working."
You don't know what happened but weeks go by and this manager is still working or at least showing up to work. No arrest, no jail time....you ask the owner what happens and he says "It is taken care of, this shit will NOT happen again, I made sure of it". You question the appearance of no consequences. Owner says "Again, do NOT ever mention this again. It has been taken care of for everyone involved. Making a big deal with destroy the company and ruin all the jobs of the 100s of employees and their families we have working here. He will NOT do anything of the sort again. I assure you of this."
WHAT DO YOU DO? keep working? go to the police? Quit your dream job? Talk to this guy directly?
I'm not saying this is what happened or this is what i believe happened.
One day an intern goes into your office and tells you he saw you top manager acting inappropriate with a child. They don't tell you much details but you don't think the manager is capable of such a thing so you reaffirm and reaffirm with this intern you don't even know the name of.
You immediately tell the owner because you don't know what you are supposed to do....call the police, HR dept, etc. The owner sounds absolutely shocked and says "thank you, i will contact the police after I settle down and get this taken care of. I have to make sure these facts are correct but if so then this must be dealt with immediately. Please go back to work and keep the company running as if nothing has happened. With something this serious, I think the best thing to do is to make sure everyone is busy and working."
You don't know what happened but weeks go by and this manager is still working or at least showing up to work. No arrest, no jail time....you ask the owner what happens and he says "It is taken care of, this shit will NOT happen again, I made sure of it". You question the appearance of no consequences. Owner says "Again, do NOT ever mention this again. It has been taken care of for everyone involved. Making a big deal with destroy the company and ruin all the jobs of the 100s of employees and their families we have working here. He will NOT do anything of the sort again. I assure you of this."
WHAT DO YOU DO? keep working? go to the police? Quit your dream job? Talk to this guy directly?
I'm not saying this is what happened or this is what i believe happened.
