Anyone ever been a whistleblower?

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Did it work out? Did you do it anonymously?

I work for a big public body. Management practises are appalling. They don't endanger safety but they make life miserable for staff. Trying to decide whether to write to the person designated in the whistleblowing policy and whether or not to do so anonymously.

Making life miserable for staff through poor management wouldn't normally come under whistleblowing. Whistleblowing protection extends to complaints about things like criminal acts, endangering health and safety, miscarriages of justice, that type of thing.

Can you be more specific about what your concerns are?

Ongoing sexism and discrimination in recruitment mainly.

Yes, I have.

Yes, it worked out.

No, it couldn't be anonymous due to circumstances.

That's not the sort of thing that would usually be a whistleblowing situation OP. Although there's of course nothing stopping you raising a grievance or making a formal complaint to whoever in the organisation you think needs to know.

If there is ongoing sexism and discrimination in the recruitment process, has no one complained before? Or don't you know?

Radio 4's Analysis earlier this evening was on Just Culture, which covered whistleblowing a bit.