Nuking Employer On Way Out

[Anonymous]

I work at a Property Managment firm in the DC area.

Slowly but surely, my employer has been chipping away at my department. Two years ago, we were 7 managers handling a portfolio of 625 properties; now we are 4 managers with 600 properties. This is an insane ratio in my business. Usually, individuals are tasked with about 70-90 properties a piece, not 125.

Salaries were cut by 14%.

Workload demand has not changed one bit, we are just absolutely buried now. Matching 401K contributions have been paused. I have health care throgh my spouse, but I have no doubt that is the next thing to be cut. I have expressed my concerns over all this twice and he told me to 'shut up.'

There is no hemmorgahing. I can see the books. This is just greed on the owner's behalf.

It is now a miserable place to work. I am actively networking and have several options.

I have so much dirt on the owner that I could pretty much nuke his business with a few well placed emails to our largest referral base (think US Army list serv for housing) sharing the absolutely repulsive homophobic and racist tirades I've witnessed the owner display. A few are even recorded on my iphone (legal where I am) so it's indisputable. I even have him admitting that his spouse is a tax cheat on the other business they co own.

Is there any reason to not destroy this guy's life?

All I have to lose is a crappy job. He has everything to lose.

What would you do here?

[Anonymous]

How would that affect the remaining employees?

[Anonymous]

Do it.

[Anonymous]

Do it!!! What a once in a lifetime opportunity to make so many dreams come true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would that affect the remaining employees?

They'd be collateral damage. I actually only give a sh*t about one of them and I'd give him a heads up.

I'm wondering if there is a way for my employer to see this coming and adjust before I pull the pin.

[Anonymous]

Make you sure you know how to disseminate evidence while avoiding libel and defamation accusations.

Also, consider whether your colleagues can weather the potential consequences.

[Anonymous]

The way you've described it I think this only works out well in movies. If there is an IG to report misconduct to, or the IRS to report tax fraud to, then by all means, report the facts. But nuking on the way out probably will have unanticipated and adverse consequences from you. Talk to an attorney if you are serious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Make you sure you know how to disseminate evidence while avoiding libel and defamation accusations.

Also, consider whether your colleagues can weather the potential consequences.

Oh, it's all 100% true and has been witnessed by at least a dozen employees over the years. No one will perjur themselves for him.

I have him on tape refering to one owner as ".. a stiff old dyke that just needs a good poke in the whiskers."

That woman is a very high ranking officer.

[Anonymous]

I'd be careful about making yourself a target in your industry. I had a friend who did something similar and it really backfired. Yes, the boss and the business were destroyed. But my friend became easily Googable and turns out, a lot of companies don't want to chance it with someone who did what she did.

[Anonymous]

Check to make sure all the employee taxes were actually paid to the government (SSI/OASDI).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would that affect the remaining employees?

They'd be collateral damage. I actually only give a sh*t about one of them and I'd give him a heads up.

I'm wondering if there is a way for my employer to see this coming and adjust before I pull the pin.

1. No, you do not give anyone a heads up. Too much risk.

2. There is no way for your employer to suspect anything unless you behave oddly, download stuff on USB keys when you usually don't, use computers that are not assigned to you, ask suspicious questions, etc. With the temperament you're displaying on this thread, you might be at risk of acting suspiciously. Calm the heck down.

3. Do your homework thoroughly and think strategically about how best to leverage the info you have. Who, what, when. Can you time publication or discovery to events that will maximize exposure?

4. If he's being greedy with profits, he has the money to pursue a lengthy lawsuit. Be careful.

5. You will be surprised at how much hate speech and slurs are ignored by businesses who seek profits. Unless you can shame them into action, they will ignore your evidence. Do not risk your own safety only to find out that "outing" this person leads to absolutely nothing.

6. A normally-functioning IRS would pursue accusations of tax fraud if you brought a modicum of evidence. But the IRS has been muzzled by the Trump administration, so even that might not work.

[Anonymous]

There are plenty of felonies you might commit if you obtained this evidence illegally or disseminate it illegally.

[Anonymous]

Be classy. Give your notice. Move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of felonies you might commit if you obtained this evidence illegally or disseminate it illegally.

OP has been clear that this is aone party state. Employer is f^^ked sideways if OP wants to publish any recordings showing what a scumbag the employer is.

History doesn't favor bigots.

[Anonymous]

Can you use this to negotiate severance? Maybe consult an employment lawyer.