Equipment Manager fired after 35 years?

[bills_fan_in_raleigh]

  On 4/22/2013 at 12:31 AM, DrDareustein said:

 

 

Without taking this thread PPP, it was very confusing moving down South and learning about Right to Work states, and what that means.

yeap the south is a great

place to work

 

[Helpmenow]

Thats why i split from there!

 

  On 4/22/2013 at 12:43 AM, bills_fan_in_raleigh said:

yeap the south is a great

place to work

did they ask you what church you belong to?

[Dragonborn10]

Ok if I'm doing my math correctly he was fired just before he turned 55. That is what he alleges. That means this guy was doing the same job since the age of 20. Perhaps he just wasn't that bright. Maybe he was good in the locker room but had trouble using spread sheets. My guess is he was not too bright and should have been fired long ago. Of course missing items such as jerseys/helmets sold to boost his income could be at the heart of this. I sincerely doubt the Bills would fire a guy just to avoid health care benefits. They can waste that amount of money on a back up full back.

[San Jose Bills Fan]

  On 4/22/2013 at 12:30 AM, CardinalScotts said:

over stayed his welcome 35 years is enough go do something else

 

  On 4/22/2013 at 1:12 AM, Dadonkadonk said:

Perhaps he just wasn't that bright. Maybe he was good in the locker room but had trouble using spread sheets. My guess is he was not too bright and should have been fired long ago.

 

Geez guys, really?

[Just Jack]

  On 4/22/2013 at 1:12 AM, Dadonkadonk said:

My guess is he was not too bright and should have been fired long ago. Of course missing items such as jerseys/helmets sold to boost his income could be at the heart of this. I sincerely doubt the Bills would fire a guy just to avoid health care benefits.

 

If that's the case, he's lucky he only got fired. A guy I used to work with was caught stealing and selling from the company and he now has a criminal record. And yes, he was not to bright. When asked to look, I found his eBay auctions, and verified it was him, in under 5 minutes.

[TheFunPolice]

Russ Brandon is not the "owner." Where does this come from?

 

Did Tom Donahoe own the team when he was here?

 

Russ works for MR. WILSON. Whatever authority he has can be rescinded at any time.

[firemedic]

prolly because he was due medical insurance coverage at 55 years of age and corporate didn't want the expense, nice to see our team is no different from the rest of them when it comes to screwing long time loyal employees, if true......

[BRAWNDO]

It took the Bills 35 years to figure out the equipment guy is the problem? No wonder we have been losing for all these years!

 

[NoSaint]

  On 4/22/2013 at 3:38 AM, firemedic said:

prolly because he was due medical insurance coverage at 55 years of age and corporate didn't want the expense, nice to see our team is no different from the rest of them when it comes to screwing long time loyal employees, if true......

 

And why do you figure that as a "probably" and not a "I suppose it might be possible that"

 

We've seen no indication that's true besides his date of birth, and several rumblings of other issues

[Dean Cain]

This was the analytics dept experiment before implementing this on the football side of the house.

[bbb]

I guess they finally figured out who screwed up the Thurman's helmet situation.

[atlbillsfan1975]

  On 9/14/2012 at 9:20 PM, Rubes said:

Seriously, I think we all suspect there is more to the story. Any hints, or are you just going to leave us with that cliffhanger?

I guess it finally came out.

I did not want to say anything because i had a feeling that his firing was not going to be done.

And Hojo was no dumbie. He was a great equipment manager for years.

[Beerball]

Off to arbitration.

 

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/federal-court/judge-dismissed-suit-by-ex-bills-employee-claiming-age-discrimination-20140204

[Coach Tuesday]

Um, the fact he was terminated by Buddy Nix tends to undercut his ADA claim a tad...