Arrowhead anxiety: Turnover off the field causes concern

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Secrecy, intimidation, fear and a watchful eye have become hallmarks of working for the Chiefs, say some current and former employees.

BY KENT BABB THE KANSAS CITY STAR

Todd Haley walked into the public relations office at Chiefs headquarters on a Thursday in early December. Four days before he was fired as the team’s coach, he wanted to talk about what life was like inside this organization. But he didn’t know who else might be listening.

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http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/14...nover-off.html

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This article goes into a lot of detail on the changes that came into effect with the Pioli regime. Sounds like a shitty ass place to work now.

[Hammock Parties]

He's not passive aggressive, he's aggressive and ego-maniacal to the max.

That's why he lost his shit over someone accidentally occupying his parking space.

[gblowfish]

Originally Posted by Omega

That's why he lost his shit over someone accidentally occupying his parking space.

You'd be pissed too if Clark Hunt made you pay $30 a day to park!

[philfree]

We need more details from the people who are saying these things.

“When you’re mentally abused, you eventually lose it, too,” one former longtime Chiefs executive said

This means nothing without some details. How was this person mentally abused?

Unless people step forward with some stories supported by facts all this stuff is just butt hurt to me.

I'd like to hear what happened to make people think their phones are tapped or the rooms are bugged. Saying they feel that way with no contributing story or evidence is just a bunch of BS. It could be true but where's the evidence?

[MahiMike]

Wow, that's crazy. Guess Fatlock was right bout EGOli.

[Carlota69]

Originally Posted by Omega

He's not passive aggressive, he's aggressive and ego-maniacal to the max.

That's why he lost his shit over someone accidentally occupying his parking space.

He also made them feel for days that he was going to fire them without truly talking to them about it and then letting it go (At least thats how the article made it out to be). Passive/Aggressive...Not picking up the wrapper and waiting for someone to do it and seeing how long it would take instead of picking it up and speaking to jhis janitor and employees about it, thats also passive/aggressive behavior. However, I do agree with you that hes ego-manical as well

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

The Patriots were penalized for openly filming games from the sideline, not for secretly taping other teams' practices. Even the allegations about the walkthrough were found to be baseless and resulted in the accusing paper making a complete retraction. My mistake, though. You USED to be better than this. That's apparently no longer the case.

I USED to be a lot of things. Permissive of complete and utter failure in the franchise I root for isn't one of them.

The Chiefs are a joke. They USED to be a joke just on the field, now they're a joke off of it too.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by philfree

"He left it there" what does that mean really? I figure he walked past it and thought "My crack clean up crew will be along to police this area anytime now." or something like that. But after a couple of days when it was still there he thought "Where's my cleanup crew? Then at the end of the week he was like "WTF?" So he used it as a tool to get his point across to all the department heads not just the guy responsible for trash pickup. And since the wrapper was there for a week someone wasn't doing their job very well. I just don't see this as a deal.

If I was the new GM I'd want to get everyone to step to the beat of the same drum. And since I would be the GM it would be my drum so

If it sat there a week, you're damn right someone wasn't doing their job very well.

So why not address it with THAT someone instead of taking it to an executive meeting and show it off, as if it's somehow indicative of a "loser" mentality infecting the football team?

At the end of the day, it's supposed to be about football. It wasn't a RAT in a gameday women's restroom, it was a gum wrapper that nobody other than Pioli saw.

A 21-28 win/loss record suggests he should probably stop worrying about gum wrappers and start worrying about football.

[DaWolf]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

If it sat there a week, you're damn right someone wasn't doing their job very well.

So why not address it with THAT someone instead of taking it to an executive meeting and show it off, as if it's somehow indicative of a "loser" mentality infecting the football team?

At the end of the day, it's supposed to be about football. It wasn't a RAT in a gameday women's restroom, it was a gum wrapper that nobody other than Pioli saw.

A 21-28 win/loss record suggests he should probably stop worrying about gum wrappers and start worrying about football.

It starts from the top down. If a janitor isn't doing his job, that likely means no one is holding him accountable. Now if you have a meeting of managers, including, let's say, the Director of Facilities and the Vice President of Stadium Operations, you can use this as an example of things that they are essentially accountable for, because the people working under their umbrella are not taking care of business.

I really don't think it has anything to do with a candy wrapper, that's getting blown out of proportion. It has to do with making sure your employees, including the managers, understand accountability.

That said, I agree with you that Pioli's job really should be focused on putting a winner on the field. The proof will be in the pudding here in year four. They picked a coach which allows them to stay the course and not use the excuse of rebuilding. They're apparently sticking with the same QB for the same purpose. So essentially, there are no excuses for not winning next year...

[Okie_Apparition]

Look there's a gum wrapper in the stairwell I'll pick it up
..wait a minute that's not my responibility, I don't get paid to do that
I'm above that kind of work & don't take pride in my surroundings

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by DaWolf

I really don't think it has anything to do with a candy wrapper, that's getting blown out of proportion. It has to do with making sure your employees, including the managers, understand accountability.

Why did Pioli need a ****ing candy wrapper to make that point?

Why not show film of Matt Cassel?

[DaWolf]

Originally Posted by Omega

Why did Pioli need a ****ing candy wrapper to make that point?

Why not show film of Matt Cassel?

[Okie_Apparition]

If Drew Brees was the QB they'd have pride in the Chiefs & it's facilities
Now who has the balls to tell him that

[ChiefsCountry]

That candy wrapper was probablly in the stairwell that the employees weren't suppose to use.

[Easy 6]

Daaang, Blabb with the heavy lifting Woodward & Bernstein style expose`.

Pioli clearly needs a dressing down of his own, that executive of the decade stuff has CLEARLY consumed him.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by DaWolf

It starts from the top down. If a janitor isn't doing his job, that likely means no one is holding him accountable. Now if you have a meeting of managers, including, let's say, the Director of Facilities and the Vice President of Stadium Operations, you can use this as an example of things that they are essentially accountable for, because the people working under their umbrella are not taking care of business.

I really don't think it has anything to do with a candy wrapper, that's getting blown out of proportion. It has to do with making sure your employees, including the managers, understand accountability.

That said, I agree with you that Pioli's job really should be focused on putting a winner on the field. The proof will be in the pudding here in year four. They picked a coach which allows them to stay the course and not use the excuse of rebuilding. They're apparently sticking with the same QB for the same purpose. So essentially, there are no excuses for not winning next year...

I don't care about that gum wrapper detail or the coffee detail. People hate that they're doing that, but I bet they at least understand the strategic value.

The stuff about which stairwells you can/can't use, how you are supposed to address Pioli, etc... That's micromanagement to a point where even stuff that doesn't matter, matters. I don't care if people are stressed about making sure every i is dotted and every number is right. I think it's stupid if people are stressing about who they eat lunch with, where they're allowed to walk, etc...