Should I tell the founder his top employees are lazy and liars?
1. I'm an employee at a small agency (<10 of us).
2. I've been here almost a year. I've already seen a couple of raises and a promotion. I'm killing it and I sense my job is secure despite what I reveal to my employer. But who knows?
3. I discovered the most senior employee was charging a client for work that was never performed.
4. I let it go. I discovered this 6 months into the job and just wanted to play it safe. Nobody likes a snitch.
5. We ended up losing the client. I felt guilty for not speaking.
6. At almost a year in now, I've found that last month alone this individual is billing four clients for work that was also not performed. It makes me sick when I'm around this person.
7. I've recently discovered that the next most-senior employee is also charging three of their clients for work that is also not being completed.
8. In a recent private meeting with the founder, I informed him that I think people aren't doing their work. He said that was "distressing," sighed, and we continued discussing some other matters. He also said he'd like any other concerns brought to his attention whenever I felt I needed to raise them, his "door was always open," etc. I know he could sense I was wary about telling him anything too specific. I'm glad that he didn't push the matter at that time. This was about 3 weeks ago.
I have another meeting with the founder later this week. What should I say?