Disgruntled employees can be whistleblowers. This does not mean their accusations are false and it doesn't mean they are true. The accusations should be investigated.
Of course, if one was never falsely accused of an action, they won't understand what I said.
I didn't recommend a poor performer for re-enlistment. Within days of my transfer, she accused me of harassment. I got a copy of the letter she filed and I wrote a response to the Commanding Officer. I cited examples of the performance issues and I'm assuming the investigate cleared me as nothing became of charges against me. The performance issues also resulted in lower marks on the her previous evaluations. One example of poor performance was she was troubleshooting an AM/SSB transmitter and couldn't figure out why the power meter didn't display an output. The AM/SSB switch was in the SSB position. She had trained on this equipment in basic school and I assumed she was familiar with a little known document called a Technical Manual. That was one of many performance issues I noted.
So, disgruntled employees can retaliate with any number of accusations.
During a five year period in the 80's I had five women working for me. One requested early out because of pregnancy, one poor performer, and three lasted till they were retirement eligible with one moving up to the Officer ranks. Sixty percent retention wasn't too bad in my eyes. It could have been 80.
Of course, if one was never falsely accused of an action, they won't understand what I said.
I didn't recommend a poor performer for re-enlistment. Within days of my transfer, she accused me of harassment. I got a copy of the letter she filed and I wrote a response to the Commanding Officer. I cited examples of the performance issues and I'm assuming the investigate cleared me as nothing became of charges against me. The performance issues also resulted in lower marks on the her previous evaluations. One example of poor performance was she was troubleshooting an AM/SSB transmitter and couldn't figure out why the power meter didn't display an output. The AM/SSB switch was in the SSB position. She had trained on this equipment in basic school and I assumed she was familiar with a little known document called a Technical Manual. That was one of many performance issues I noted.
So, disgruntled employees can retaliate with any number of accusations.
During a five year period in the 80's I had five women working for me. One requested early out because of pregnancy, one poor performer, and three lasted till they were retirement eligible with one moving up to the Officer ranks. Sixty percent retention wasn't too bad in my eyes. It could have been 80.