The goal of our Emory Campus Services community is to create and nurture the very best work experience for our employees who dedicate themselves to serving our students, faculty and staff. Emory’s commitment is to ensure that everyone is treated with respect, caring and compassion, and that we work together to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion.
We are deeply concerned with the experiences that have been expressed by current and former Campus Services staff, as described in a recent Emory Wheel story and editorial. The behavior experienced by our employees is inconsistent with our values as an institution and as a community that we aspire to be. If even one of our employees has encountered a difficult experience in the workplace, we need to be aware so we can confront and resolve the situation, not only for the individuals involved, but for the well-being of the entire community.
We take these reported allegations and related experiences very seriously. Our pledge to all of our employees is that we will work toward meaningful change so that all community members feel valued.
Through new and ongoing initiatives, we will continue to improve communication and transparency in our operation and offer training and development opportunities to enable all to thrive personally and professionally. We are committed to keeping our community updated on our progress and path forward.
Christopher Augostini is the executive vice president for business and administration and chief financial officer at Emory University.
Christopher Augostini is the executive vice president for business and administration and chief financial officer at Emory University.
The wool is pulled over your eyes. You may not be aware of what has been going on but this has been reported to your HR Department. Its getting worse.
Good evening God Bless,
My name is Nadir S Hailey. I was employed with Emory University Campus Services for 12 yrs ( 2004-2015 ). I was unjustly treated by several middle and upper management. I was the only African -American in the maintenance department for the steam plant. I was the only African American that was non-military. I was treated VERY BADLY by Todd Kerzie , Matthew Early , Joan Kowal , Mike Hutto , Eric Webber , and Frankie Parker. I was HIGHLY DISRIMINATED AGAINST and Wellhouse employees as well as former co-workers can attest to this. All of these people are Caucasian. They will share with you all the mistreatment and racist things they did. They also had very enormous egos and were narcissus ; never for the better of the team all about self. They have ran great employees but most importantly great people away. Mr. Kerzie once commented on my brother and girlfriend ( who graduated from Emory Gambrell Law School )being maliciously shot .Making a comment that the shooter was a good shot because he shot them both multiple times. VERY UNAPROPRITE and DISTASTFUL. My life was miserable and stressful due to thier traetment of me and other employees.
Thanks God Bless enjoy YOUR HOLIDAYS,
Nadir S Hailey
Mr. Hailey knows in his heart Mr Kerzie would never say a thing like that about anyone’s family. I am glad Emory Wheel provides a forum for a freedom of expression but an accusation like that is very inappropriate and untruthful. I know and have worked with both gentlemen and I find it embarrassing for Mr. Hailey to make a statement like that.
I forgot to add that several upper and middle management were great to me. Former Vice President of campus services Bob Hascall , former Vice President of operations Bob McMain , and Jody Dicarlo ALL gave me a chance and BELIEVED IN ME