Company boss ignores months of warnings then blames engineer when disaster strikes, loses talented employee to competitor paying $30k more

There should be a different category for the kind of frustration that comes when your warnings are disregarded and then someone has the audacity to point a finger at you.

You know that feeling when you're riding shotgun and spot an obvious hazard ahead, but the driver's too busy feeling singing along to his obscure music choices to listen? Well, buckle up for a grand prix of corporate cruise control gone wrong, where warnings bounce off the windshield like bugs, and the driver of this particular racecar treats speed bumps like they're just suggestions.

Many of us have been there - finding a potential issue, carefully documenting, sending detailed warnings, and watching helplessly as management steps on the gas, ignoring every red flag. 

So there you are, strapped into your corporate vehicle, watching your boss treat business decisions like they're playing Mario Kart. You've spotted what's clearly a massive speed bump - the kind that makes small cars lose their mufflers - but the driver's acting like he's got diplomatic immunity from the laws of physics.

You drive along watching this obstacle get bigger in the windshield, trying to get boss's attention with increasingly urgent "um, sir?" moments While their foot is firmly planted on the gas.

Then boom! The speed bump sends everything flying. Coffee spills everywhere, quarterly projections scatter across the back seat, and immediately the driver's pointing at you like you personally installed the speed bump overnight.

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