So, in many countries, whistleblowing on a company can get your rewarded, AND protected from retribution. This isn't the case everywhere, unfortunately, and what constitutes “retribution” can be hard to prove. There are many non-whistleblower reasons people might face retribution for quitting or taking lawful job action, too, and often workers have very little recourse.
Here's my experience: I gave four weeks notice at my last job. Yes. That was WAY more than they deserved (I did it for the people who reported to me, not for them). In that 4wk period, I flagged some suspicious activity on our trust ledgers (I'm in the legal industry). The financial controller for the firm that had bought us out was a particular favourite of one of the senior partners (I won't speculate out loud as to what I think was happening, but you are free to imagine). Either she was deeply incompetent, or they were all crooked (I won't speculate etc.), but in any case, MANY people left the firm because of her behaviour and apparent incompetence, and this senior partner LITERALLY laughed it off (to my face, to the face of someone else I trusted, and apparently to others, but these were people I just met saying so).
Well, not long after that they let me go within my notice period and banned me from the premises, much to my embarrassment. No reason given, even when asked in writing.
Apparently they were within their legal rights to let me go, without cause, at any time in my notice period, so long as they paid me to the end of my notice period (which they did). The two employment lawyers I spoke to confirmed this, and said we could try to get a settlement, but that it was unlikely we would, as retribution is so hard to prove, whistleblowing is not well protected here, and so many companies have successfully argued that it was an administrative decision.
Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to hear others' experiences with this. Have you faced this, have you fought them on it, have you won or lost?
In any case, fuck this noise.