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Link: http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...m-for-1-55m-alleges-discord-behind-the-scenes
Highlights:
1) The claim alleges Melnyk “at times used profanity and levelled insults at executive team members, including constantly calling into question their competency. Mr. Melnyk sent abusive emails to the executive team and frequently threatened to dismiss them.”
2) During O’Leary’s tenure, he received strong performance reviews from then-club president Cyril Leeder.
“Peter is responsible for the largest mandate in the organization,” Leeder wrote in a performance evaluation included in O’Leary’s statement of claim. “He is able to properly prioritize the ‘big rocks’ and also deliver a high volume of output. He puts in many extra hours to ensure he is meeting deadlines, staying on top of issues and getting results required.”
O’Leary earned a $20,000 performance bonus for 2016, as approved by Leeder and Taylor, but Melnyk then allegedly advised Leeder not to pay staff bonuses. O’Leary says he was also owed, in the fall of 2016, $29,000 in vacation pay and an RRSP contribution of $24,519.35.
Around this time, Melnyk questioned O’Leary’s performance and his job title, the lawsuit alleges.
“How and when did you get the title of Chief Marketing Officer?” Melnyk asks O’Leary in an email included in the statement of claim.
“Peter — all time lows under my watch. Start thinking you are OFF all other projects other than selling immediate tickets. Drop the CMO title – MARKETING??? Drop the 2017 stuff, how are you making us money??? I lose millions this way . . . you will force us to start laying off dozens of people the day after the season. . .”
Melnyk later suggested to O’Leary that the CMO title was something O’Leary “grabbed and chose to hang onto.”
3) O’Leary claims it was difficult retaining and attracting staff when the hockey club reduced net pay and was late on bonus pay. He alleges the Senators made all departments reduce spending by 10 per cent, which led to personnel reductions, including janitors. As a result, “professional staff were required to clean offices and empty garbage bins.”
Highlights:
1) The claim alleges Melnyk “at times used profanity and levelled insults at executive team members, including constantly calling into question their competency. Mr. Melnyk sent abusive emails to the executive team and frequently threatened to dismiss them.”
2) During O’Leary’s tenure, he received strong performance reviews from then-club president Cyril Leeder.
“Peter is responsible for the largest mandate in the organization,” Leeder wrote in a performance evaluation included in O’Leary’s statement of claim. “He is able to properly prioritize the ‘big rocks’ and also deliver a high volume of output. He puts in many extra hours to ensure he is meeting deadlines, staying on top of issues and getting results required.”
O’Leary earned a $20,000 performance bonus for 2016, as approved by Leeder and Taylor, but Melnyk then allegedly advised Leeder not to pay staff bonuses. O’Leary says he was also owed, in the fall of 2016, $29,000 in vacation pay and an RRSP contribution of $24,519.35.
Around this time, Melnyk questioned O’Leary’s performance and his job title, the lawsuit alleges.
“How and when did you get the title of Chief Marketing Officer?” Melnyk asks O’Leary in an email included in the statement of claim.
“Peter — all time lows under my watch. Start thinking you are OFF all other projects other than selling immediate tickets. Drop the CMO title – MARKETING??? Drop the 2017 stuff, how are you making us money??? I lose millions this way . . . you will force us to start laying off dozens of people the day after the season. . .”
Melnyk later suggested to O’Leary that the CMO title was something O’Leary “grabbed and chose to hang onto.”
3) O’Leary claims it was difficult retaining and attracting staff when the hockey club reduced net pay and was late on bonus pay. He alleges the Senators made all departments reduce spending by 10 per cent, which led to personnel reductions, including janitors. As a result, “professional staff were required to clean offices and empty garbage bins.”