Former manager says superiors unfairly reduced worker raises, while they pocketed big ones

Mark Palmer, a former Utah Transit Authority supervisor, says his superiors there essentially acted like Robin Hood in reverse — taking from the poor to give to the rich — by ordering unfairly small raises for underlings while upper managers pocketed much larger ones.

They ordered him not to tell his employees details that would suggest they were shortchanged, he said, adding that he complained to no avail. He has some documents to back his assertions.

“My guys actually saved UTA $1 million in extra work that they took on. So, I was furious over this whole thing,” and it was among the reasons he quit in May, Palmer said. “I was really frustrated.”

In a written response, the UTA said, “The notion that senior leaders took increases from employees to ‘enrich themselves’ is completely untrue.”

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