My five-year whistleblowing anniversary

Five years ago today, I got a call from my boss telling me I was being offered a resignation package in lieu of termination.

I asked why.

“It is the decision of the deputy secretary,” the HR representative said.

It was a Monday and my first day off in months. I was on my way to see my parents who had lost their home a few weeks prior in a massive, EF-4 to…