Comments on: Valerie Thomas’ Report on NFLPA Staffing Expenses http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/valerie-thomas-nflpa-staffing-expenses/ • the unofficial blog for independent football veterans • Sun, 20 May 2012 14:11:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Former NFLPA employee http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/valerie-thomas-nflpa-staffing-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-19179 Former NFLPA employee Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:29:48 +0000 http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2714#comment-19179 Hostile work environment...that's why a lot of people left. Player Marketing had one of the highest turnover rates because everyone in a unit capacity is overworked and underpaid... who can afford to live in Washington, D.C. for $28K a year? Hostile work environment…that’s why a lot of people left. Player Marketing had one of the highest turnover rates because everyone in a unit capacity is overworked and underpaid… who can afford to live in Washington, D.C. for $28K a year?

]]> By: Conrad Dobler http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/valerie-thomas-nflpa-staffing-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-16654 Conrad Dobler Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:30:31 +0000 http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2714#comment-16654 <img src="http://www.davepear.com/images/conrad-dobler-sm.jpg" alt="Conrad Dobler" /> I own a staffing agency and when an agency is paid a placement fee for an employee and that employee leaves the position before one year, they have to replace that employee without charging an additional placement fee. With the high price they're paying that HR department, these people should be able to have the expertise to hire the right people for the positions without using a placement agency. I'd sure like to know if any of these agencies have any percentage of ownership by any employees of the NFLPA. What is the HR department doing for their money? It's their job to find qualified individuals for placement in the NFLPA and not the job of a placement agency. Maybe they're too busy working on lawsuits from former employees to spend any time looking for new employees. It's a waste to be paying this type of money for management in the HR department and getting nothing in return. I would like to apply for this job; of course, I have no family members with connections in Washington. All I could offer is an honest day's work which seems not to be on the job description for employment at the NFLPA! Conrad Dobler Conrad Dobler
I own a staffing agency and when an agency is paid a placement fee for an employee and that employee leaves the position before one year, they have to replace that employee without charging an additional placement fee. With the high price they’re paying that HR department, these people should be able to have the expertise to hire the right people for the positions without using a placement agency.

I’d sure like to know if any of these agencies have any percentage of ownership by any employees of the NFLPA. What is the HR department doing for their money? It’s their job to find qualified individuals for placement in the NFLPA and not the job of a placement agency. Maybe they’re too busy working on lawsuits from former employees to spend any time looking for new employees. It’s a waste to be paying this type of money for management in the HR department and getting nothing in return. I would like to apply for this job; of course, I have no family members with connections in Washington. All I could offer is an honest day’s work which seems not to be on the job description for employment at the NFLPA!

Conrad Dobler

]]> By: Bob Grant http://davepear.com/blog/2009/06/valerie-thomas-nflpa-staffing-expenses/comment-page-1/#comment-16600 Bob Grant Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:06:40 +0000 http://davepear.com/blog/?p=2714#comment-16600 <img src="http://www.davepear.com/images/BobGrantphoto.jpg" alt="Bob Grant" /> Thank you Val, I don't think that all of our Retired Players will seriously examine the information that you provided but there are some of us who will. The conversations that I have had with you really opened my eyes as to how they have been "gaming" us at the PA for years now. I know that you have been fighting for some twenty years now for the way that your were railroaded out of the NFLPA offices. I know that the Union has spent close to two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) fighting to stop you from being fairly compensated for your work and the job that they forced you out of. I am really anxious to see whether or nor Director Smith is going to settle up with you in spite of the vendetta that those bandits from the "old guard" still have against you. I don't have words to express how much I admire your courage and stamina. I do hope that someday all Retired Players will learn how much you have done for them behind the scenes. Bob Grant Bob Grant
Thank you Val,

I don’t think that all of our Retired Players will seriously examine the information that you provided but there are some of us who will. The conversations that I have had with you really opened my eyes as to how they have been “gaming” us at the PA for years now. I know that you have been fighting for some twenty years now for the way that your were railroaded out of the NFLPA offices. I know that the Union has spent close to two million dollars ($2,000,000.00) fighting to stop you from being fairly compensated for your work and the job that they forced you out of. I am really anxious to see whether or nor Director Smith is going to settle up with you in spite of the vendetta that those bandits from the “old guard” still have against you. I don’t have words to express how much I admire your courage and stamina. I do hope that someday all Retired Players will learn how much you have done for them behind the scenes.

Bob Grant

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