Nearly a month since their last paycheck, employees with an East Side health care center got an email insinuating that they were at least partly to blame for the center’s dire financial situation.
The message addressed the most-recent missed paycheck for employees of Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services. It said they hadn’t done enough to cover expenses.
“I have over the past few years emphasized the importance of generating the appropriate amount of revenue to support our organization to Senior Staff in hope of them encouraging staff to do better in their efforts to see that revenue is coming in to cover all the expenses the organization incurs,” said the email, which was sent on CEO Willie Austin’s behalf. “To date, that has not happened. Hence, we are in a tough position.”…