Have NC’d for obvious reasons.
For back ground I am a 24 year old have been working for company for 2 years, with no background in this sort of job. Colleague is late 40s and has been working for company for over 10 with a lifetime I’m industry. I have worked with this colleague for 18 months.
I am going to try and not give too much detail, but I work it the utilities industry, think installing plant underground. I want to make it clear a lot of people in the industry bend rules all the time and no one is an angel, but generally the buck stops with safety, particularly safety of members of public.
The colleague is well known for being old school. He is very hashy bashy and does not follow rules. He thinks he is untouchable because he gets the job done. He also is very hard to talk to and you cannot reason with him about anything, I am just the apprentice and should go and work in an office. I have seen said colleague do unsafe things, throw pieces of equipment in rage and has been abusive. He also leaves hours before the end of his shift and expects me to cover. Generally this is something I have put up with. But today he did something to endanger the public, I told him to stop, but he said he wasn’t asking me for permission.
I have reported this to my manager. They said it would be very difficult for them to do anything without implicating me. They are going to try and get him a different way but may not be able to. Personally I think he is going to know it was me and I am scared and regretting me decision.
My partner said I’ve done the right thing, but I feel sick. Surely I should feel like a weight has been lifted?