ANYONE KNOW WHY DENISE BONFIGLIO FIRED TOM AUNGST?

[IllianaLancerContra]

5 minutes ago, scheherazadesghost said:

 

Just because you know HR doesn't mean you automatically have your employees' best interests in mind either.

This is an excellent point - HR doesn't exist to keep the employees' best interests in mind;  HR exists to keep the corporations' best interests in mind.

[rpbobcat]

1 hour ago, 2000Cadet said:

I thought people were excited at the fact that she took over Cadets.  

I live in North Jersey about 5-10 minutes from Garfield and Hackensack.

I know a lot of Cadets Alumni.

I can tell you that, in this area at least, there were a lot of people who weren't all that excited about her taking over the Cadets.

[Continental]

3 minutes ago, rpbobcat said:

I live in North Jersey about 5-10 minutes from Garfield and Hackensack.

I know a lot of Cadets Alumni.

I can tell you that, in this area at least, there were a lot of people who weren't all that excited about her taking over the Cadets.

My appendix burst on a business trip and I ended up staying in a hospital in Hackensack, NJ for 8 days back in 2005. 

I asked some people around me if they knew who The Cadets were.   The general reaction was "Who?”

They then reduced my dosage of percocet...   

[Tommeee]

I have seen more than one interview with Denise where she used the words “me” and “I” way too much.  I don’t know her, but she certainly does have an aura of self-importance.  It’s not a good demeanor in any kind of team activity.  Being a strong leader is one thing.  Taking credit that belongs to others is something else.

[Lance]

[Jeff Ream]

44 minutes ago, IllianaLancerContra said:

OK - I'm not a financial guy, but <[begin conspiracy theory here]>  - what if she let him go so she could give herself a raise, so she could afford to pay off lawsuit damages? Ethics aside, would that be legal? <[ end conspiracy theory ]>.  

not even going to consider anything like that. i don't want to get too deep in Maroonanon

[rpbobcat]

28 minutes ago, rpbobcat said:

I live in North Jersey about 5-10 minutes from Garfield and Hackensack.

I know a lot of Cadets Alumni.

I can tell you that, in this area at least, there were a lot of people who weren't all that excited about her taking over the Cadets.

 

22 minutes ago, Continental said:

My appendix burst on a business trip and I ended up staying in a hospital in Hackensack, NJ for 8 days back in 2005. 

I asked some people around me if they knew who The Cadets were.   The general reaction was "Who?”

They then reduced my dosage of percocet...   

Guess I should should have been clearer.

"people" in my post refers to Cadets Alumni and Drum Corps fans.

[lifeisaround]

1 hour ago, George Dixon said:

Wow the jumping to conclusions and assumptions going on in this thread 🤪

Dennise was a VP for Metlife for decades, pretty sure she knows how HR works > knowing that it is nearly impossible to imagine a tiny bit of this termination (?) tale will be told by her or Cadets.org.

Thom was the most senior staff member, does anyone honestly think he was let go because of a member complaint about being woken up too early?

Clearly there is much more to the situation than we know - frankly NOTHING has been announced, but when they announce a new percussion team (or more) then we'll know the what, but still not the why...

And some of those commenting (2 in particular) - geez, it's just beyond... 

 

Not sure why you drink DB kool aid as hard as you do. Yet, during my time with the cadets organization you seem to talk a lot of smack and do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to support the organization. AND YOU STILL DONT otheer than talk nonsense online. But lets address your wild comments shall we? 

Denise sure was a second vice president of QA at Metlife. Not saying thats not impressive or anything other than to me that position is nothing other than ive been here for a long time and I know what im doing in the QA section of the organization. Does that mean she knows how to run a nonprofit? no. Just like degrees mean nothing other than theoretically. 

Do I believe DB cares about HR? LMAO NO! There was a visual staff member on the cadets team this year that got removed in years prior due to his background, does DB know that? OH YEAH, she was thee one that recommended him to be let go during finals, does she care now? No. 

Do I believe DB went through the proper communications and paper trail of HR to let go a 1099 contractor? ABSOLUTELY NOT. It was a phone call to Thom and thats how it got out. Thom let people know as soon as she did it. 

You are correct we, the public, won't and shouldn't know what happened between closed doors, but to say DB is out here acting all right... Geez... thats a strong thoughtful hopeful opinion 

[Brian Tuma]

I would love to see the Aungst family go to an Open Class or lower placing World Class corps. Thom has nothing left to prove as a top arranger/educator and it would be great to see him nurture a “lesser” inexperienced line to greatness. 

[Bob984]

1 hour ago, Fred Windish said:

George Dixon -  I noticed your use of question mark with the word ‘termination.’ I am not nearly as tuned in to the Cadets as you. So, I’ve been thinking about this possibility and would like your thoughts.

This situation is indeed curious following what many consider to have been a very good performance year. I’m hoping for a more innocuous development as an explanation to what happened.

There is a definite impression the Cadets are under financial strain. POSSIBLY, the staff was told everyone’s current paycheck amount needed to be substantially cut for the coming year for the Cadets to reduce their debts. Some paid personnel might well have decided not to work for less, opting to move along and find work elsewhere.

Plausible?  Such does happen all the time.

Either way, all my best to the Cadets . . . a true DCI icon.