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Stood up to a boss who wanted us to fudge the dive logs
On a recent pipeline survey, my supervisor told us to mark a section as clear when we knew it needed more work. He said the client was pushing for a fast sign-off to meet a deadline. I called him out in front of the team, which caused a huge argument. Now things are tense, but I'd do it again because honest reporting keeps everyone safe down there. That kind of pressure should never win over good practice.
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alice_wright367mo ago
Respect what you did, that took real guts. Seeing someone choose the hard right thing over the easy wrong one is honestly inspiring. It's exactly those moments that stop the "little lies" from ever becoming the normal way. You stood up for your whole team's safety and for the truth, plain and simple. Massive props.
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betty5677mo ago
People forget that bad data in logs can haunt a company years later during audits. If another incident happens, those fake entries become legal liabilities. You protected the company's future as much as the divers' safety.
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uma6857mo ago
It's wild how this scales up from small stuff, you know? Like when people tweak their car's speedometer reading before selling it, or round up hours on a timesheet. Those little lies in data become the normal way to do things, and then you're cooked when anyone looks close. A company's logs are just the official version of that bad habit. The scary part is how everyone just accepts it until an audit shows the whole story was fake.
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