What is a rogue employee? The online site Whatls.com defines it as probably originating from medieval English slang roger, for “a begging vagabond pretending to be a poor scholar from Oxford or Cambridge.” The first citations of the phrase “to go rogue” come from the 1920s, in reference to lone elephants that broke away from the herd and began to behave destructively.” In modern parlance it is generally recognized as an employee who shields his nefarious actions from management.
