Keep your head down, do your job

I realize that this has been said before, but "Keep your head down, do your job, ask no questions" behavior by LANL and LLNL staff is exactly the behavior that lets management get away with what they are accused of doing. Management knows that there will be no response.

For more insights, check out a post a couple of years ago that quotes an article about Bullies and Victims. The article talks about the dynamics between bullies and victims. It also talks about the surprising finding that bullies and victims are the same people.

In one setting a person is a bully. In a different setting, the same person becomes the victim. Bully and victim seem to be the only two personas that the person understands.