The announcement and firings happened this morning during a mandatory meeting.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media staff out in mass firing and termination of film programs
The announcement and firings happened this morning during a mandatory meeting.
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There is something going on here that is not being reported. This is more than just a shake up, I think this is a power grab by people who have no business being in the Arts business. I am appalled at the way this was handled. How disrespectful are you as a human to fire so many people, who are only trying to do good, because it doesn’t fit your vision. As I stated, there is something else going on. Either they are exposing a cover up and illicit activity or trying to hide it from people. I am also disgusted with they way that staff have been treated. By restricting things like grant applications and keeping staff part time, the organization wrote it’s own death warrant. You cannot grow an arts organization if you keep people in the dark. The “new” executive director is a part of this. I am sure that the facts will come out in due course and that investigations will be forthcoming but there is something afoul under foot at PCAM and I am sure that the new ED is at the forefront of the scandal.
This article makes me think a lot about the maintaining company culture and retention that we talked about in Production Personnel Management. From reading this article, it seems like the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts decided to close its doors of theatre programs rather suddenly, and the employees being let go do not have very good things to say about the organization of the organization. Not knowing anything about the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, this article does not frame them positively, and it will, if it has not already, have a negative effect on the reputation of the organization with the public, and other people at the organization as well. Tina Dillman saying that the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts is “one of the most disorganized, toxic environments [she has] ever worked in [her] entire life” is a pretty direct damnification of the way this organization operates, and I would be curious to see what reaction the community has to these statements.
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