I *did* do the right thing (follow-up)

[Samantha Puppy]

Thanks everyone. Yesterday afternoon, I found out that the 2" thick stack of paper the president had printed out documenting his misuse of company e-mail was just from the last two weeks alone. This guy has SERIOUS issues. Unfortunately, he's been in contact with a coworker of mine here and he is completely lying about what happened, saying that the company wasn't giving him enough billable work, etc. I understand 'saving face' to friends and all, but this makes me worry that he will not learn anything from this at all, which is sad. The guy was intelligent and knew his stuff. Dummy.

[Soapets]

He's not accepting responsibility for his actions, and he probably doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. He may be intelligent in some ways, but he is very, very deficient in other ways. I've worked with people with similar characteristics, and they just don't see things from the same perspective as "normal" people do. It's sad for them, and bad for society and the people who have to work with them. He'll never have job stability, and he'll probably never understand why.

That being said, you absolutely did the right thing, and your superiors at work are ALL aware of it, and it's got to make things much more positive at work. If you had NOT said anything to the proper people at work about it, you would have been contributing to "enabling" this man's actions. You are a real asset to that company, and now everyone there knows it! You probably saved the company from becoming involved in a huge lawsuit, and that should be worth a lot to the company, too. GOOD JOB!

Deb