I spoke up about safety concerns today, my entire department has been scared to speak up so I did what they wouldn’t. What are my defensive options if my team lead and supervisor decide to retaliate against me?
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So our department has a leader that doesn’t want anyone outside of the department coming into it. He tries his hardest to keep upper management out so they don’t see him going against company policy. He wasn’t in today and I ended up having a safety audit done on me to see if I was performing how I should safety wise. When it concluded I took the safety person aside and voiced my concerns and showed him some of the examples of the unsafe work environment. What leads me to believe that I could retaliated against me is that some people in the department are loyal to the team lead and will tell him I showed the the safety person around, said team lead is also known to retaliate against anyone who speaks up and questions his authority. To add to all this the supervisor over my team lead has been known to cut corners and knows of some of the shady things the team lead does. Also I live in Texas.