I had posted about some of the shady things my employer was doing, in this thread and this thread.
So after I was reinstated a friend from the main office gave me a call and said they overheard two higher-ups talking about me, trying to get 'dirt' on me. One of them then mentioned that I had filed a freedom of information request, and they both sounded worried at this. Anyhoo, I get my request filled, and it's a goldmine. Coverups of complaints, failure to inform me (and other employees) about hazards/dangerous situations that had developed, and the fact that even though they left me on suspension for 4 months (see first thread) I had actually been cleared within 3 weeks.
So while this is going on, I'm starting to notice shady things happening with our billing; we're paid by the government, and we submit billing requests without actual proof that we did anything we can bill for. The premise is that since they can come in and audit us at any point, no one would be stupid enough to fabricate billing requests without having services rendered to back it up. Oh, except my company did, and they got caught. Every single billing request they've done for the past 5 years is getting pulled up right now.
Anyway, before this gets too long, I noticed that several administrators in our company didn't have the degrees/licensure/experience to be in the positions they were as per our state contract. These are the same people that are actually ordering the billing fraud to occur, and then firing the employees that complied, when the company got caught. A VP then went out to some of our locations and took individual employees out and threatened/pressured them into not cooperating with the state investigation. I had had enough, so I wrote a letter to my state AG, and several over-sight boards for my industry. I spoke on the lack of qualifications, the fraud, the fact that they're shorting paychecks, oh and this gem: Each week I have my retirement contribution set, and it comes out of my gross pay (obviously), and is then deposited into my retirement account. Except it wasn't making it into my account. I checked it one day and it had been months since my company made a deposit. They're apparently siphoning money out of checks and then holding the cash. When I threatened legal action they deposited the money, but I had missed out on the interest in the 401K. OH, and then three weeks later they started doing it again.
I thought I would be intimidated or scared by doing it, but honestly I feel good. People were being hurt by this company, no one was doing anything, and the company refused to reform. I felt if I didn't do anything I'd be complicit in the thieving/abuse/negligence that they were perpetrating. Oh, and I did it anonymously, I set up an email account that I can be contacted at, but is not actually connected to my true identity, that way I'm sheltered some from blowback.
TL;DR
1. Work for company that is abusive towards staff.
2. Company is also massively corrupt, defrauding state, and employees
3. Sent letter to state AG, oversight boards
4. Feels good man.
So after I was reinstated a friend from the main office gave me a call and said they overheard two higher-ups talking about me, trying to get 'dirt' on me. One of them then mentioned that I had filed a freedom of information request, and they both sounded worried at this. Anyhoo, I get my request filled, and it's a goldmine. Coverups of complaints, failure to inform me (and other employees) about hazards/dangerous situations that had developed, and the fact that even though they left me on suspension for 4 months (see first thread) I had actually been cleared within 3 weeks.
So while this is going on, I'm starting to notice shady things happening with our billing; we're paid by the government, and we submit billing requests without actual proof that we did anything we can bill for. The premise is that since they can come in and audit us at any point, no one would be stupid enough to fabricate billing requests without having services rendered to back it up. Oh, except my company did, and they got caught. Every single billing request they've done for the past 5 years is getting pulled up right now.
Anyway, before this gets too long, I noticed that several administrators in our company didn't have the degrees/licensure/experience to be in the positions they were as per our state contract. These are the same people that are actually ordering the billing fraud to occur, and then firing the employees that complied, when the company got caught. A VP then went out to some of our locations and took individual employees out and threatened/pressured them into not cooperating with the state investigation. I had had enough, so I wrote a letter to my state AG, and several over-sight boards for my industry. I spoke on the lack of qualifications, the fraud, the fact that they're shorting paychecks, oh and this gem: Each week I have my retirement contribution set, and it comes out of my gross pay (obviously), and is then deposited into my retirement account. Except it wasn't making it into my account. I checked it one day and it had been months since my company made a deposit. They're apparently siphoning money out of checks and then holding the cash. When I threatened legal action they deposited the money, but I had missed out on the interest in the 401K. OH, and then three weeks later they started doing it again.
I thought I would be intimidated or scared by doing it, but honestly I feel good. People were being hurt by this company, no one was doing anything, and the company refused to reform. I felt if I didn't do anything I'd be complicit in the thieving/abuse/negligence that they were perpetrating. Oh, and I did it anonymously, I set up an email account that I can be contacted at, but is not actually connected to my true identity, that way I'm sheltered some from blowback.
TL;DR
1. Work for company that is abusive towards staff.
2. Company is also massively corrupt, defrauding state, and employees
3. Sent letter to state AG, oversight boards
4. Feels good man.
