Vet Affairs Paid Bad Boss $85,000 To Quit, Then Re-Hired Him Anyway
By Luke Rosiak Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) managers wanted to fire a hospital director for misconduct, but wound up paying him $85,000 instead to resign “from federal service voluntarily, completely and irrevocably” — then hired him back anyway, but let him keep the money. Terry Atienza was the chief executive officer of the VA’s…