On the job for only a week, Milwaukee County's new human resources
director was abruptly fired without any reason given, John S. Listinsky
said Tuesday.
Listinsky
said he got a verbal warning Friday that he might be let go and was
fired by email on Monday. He did not get an opportunity to discuss any
concerns, Listinsky said.
"Nothing more has been said to me," Listinsky said. "I'm a little bit shocked."
Listinsky's hiring to the $125,000-a-year job was announced late last month by County Executive Chris Abele, in a news release touting Listinsky's credentials with several large private companies.
Abele's
office issued a statement Tuesday saying only that the county executive
was withdrawing his nomination of Listinsky as HR director. The position
requires County Board confirmation.
Abele spokesman Jeff Bentoff said Listinsky's departure was a personnel matter and he couldn't comment further.
Listinsky
said he was heavily recruited for the county job and that he quit his
last job as human resources director for Thermo Fisher Scientific in Two
Rivers to take the county position. - JSONLINE
