As the Director of a multi-million company (USBands), you hired me to run a business, be successful, think strategically and plan. Instead, I am left to fight for every single decision I try to make. I am left to deal with constant berating by a bully. I am left to find the good in everything this company does every weekend because all you do is point out anything and everything you can find that didn’t go right.

I do not agree with your business/financial model. YEA! is nearly $1 million in debt and it is because you do not know how to use a simple budget. USBands should have a budget, Performing Ensembles should have a budget. These are simple rules of business. Instead, we fly by the seat of our pants and have our travel credit cards declined while we are on travel because you can’t pay the bills. 

You continually throw your employees under the bus and must make yourself look like the hero. You make it seem like you were not involved in decision-making processes that might be controversial, then when there is backlash you blame it on me or other folks in the office just so you can look like the “good guy.” I will no longer be your scapegoat.

As I mentioned earlier, the people that work for you are your most important assets. But you do not treat them as such. You expect us to drive back to Allentown from Boston after a 12-hour work day without so much as the offer of a hotel room. You always say your decisions are based on saving money. But if USBands had a budget, you wouldn’t have to force your employees into such dangerous situations.

As you know, my wife and I had a child back in June. I was out of the office for three weeks due my wife being in Virginia and me here in PA, and I didn’t want to get caught in PA when she went into labor. This is still something you bring up to me as being unacceptable to you. Additionally, with my understanding that there is a lot of work to do during ‘Band Season,’ the team continually stays in the office until mid-night, sometimes later. I must leave between 5 and 6 pm because I have a wife and child. I get back on the computer later at night to complete more work, but this is also unacceptable to you.