He’s not a whistleblower, and didn’t short circuit his management chain. FTA he was an engineering student at WVU the time, not employed by VW.
-- Some CEO probably.
It's about using a convenient 4,000 layoff to get rid of them too.
(Or worse, not even that, but just blindly getting rid of them, with no particular consideration).
They should be celebrated and/or promoted, not included in lay off lists...