I may or may not have gotten someone fired

[lizardesque]

Well, sort of...not that it was my fault, per se. I was just trying to do a good job.
Long story short, for one of the projects I've been working on, I noticed a lot of discrepancies between what was in the clinical study report and what was in the corresponding data tables. When I originally brought this up, I was told by the client not to worry about it at the moment because everything was going to be checked over by a statistician. After the statistician supposedly checked things, there were still all sorts of discrepancies and some new questions, so we sent everything back to the client with queries. That was over a month ago. We were supposed to get responses back late last week, the project manager asked the client for an update.
The response was, "We hired a new statistician...so maybe next week..."

The kind of sad thing here is that I am by no means any kind of statistical whiz.

[OrangePixyStix]

Well, people are expected to do their jobs, and it's not your fault if they weren't doing it properly. I can see why you would feel bad but it truly wasn't any fault of yours. Hopefully the new person does a much better job!

[lizardesque]

Oh, I don't really feel bad exactly, just a bit surprised.
In fact, I'm not even sure he was fired. The response was a bit vague, he could have quit, but considering everything, I'm guessing he was let go.

[Deleted]

Sounds like that person may have gotten him/herself fired by not doing their job.

[Eureka1984]

Don't feel bad. You are good at your job and that person obviously wasn't good at their own job. I hate to be blunt but good for you catching the mistakes!

[sitnspin]

Apr 17, 2014 9:52:40 GMT -5 @psugrad said:

Sounds like that person may have gotten him/herself fired by not doing their job.

:Y:

[MyName]

Maybe they stopped doing their job because they had another one lined up...

The problem obviously had to be pointed out. No worries.

[honeydew1894]

Good for you! It sounds like it was the person's actions, not yours, that got them fired. From a business integrity standpoint, you absolutely did the right thing.

[lizardesque]

I may need to add this to the list of things about me that are kinda badass.

[alabasterangel]

[jennynumbers]

Apr 17, 2014 16:30:19 GMT -5 lizardesque said:

I may need to add this to the list of things about me that are kinda badass.

Next time you need to do push ups while getting people fired.