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What if you just send an email to HR saying "Hey - my understanding from so-and-so is that it's known that the system is down and I should just sign the form anyway for now, so I did so. Please let me know when it's back up so I can read the brochure, thanks!"? Are they going to fire you for sending that email?



No, but you just lost the whole reason you pushed back in the first place as you have signed a form saying you read something you haven't read.


Not exactly, if you would blow the whistle with internal comms and there's evidence to suggest it's commonplace, the company can be fined without your just cause, as per pro-bono suit. Of course, there has to be some goodwill on prosecutor's side.


Why does that matter? Is there any effective negative consequence to me from admitting that?


That was the whole premise of the article.




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