" With the support of his boss, Noschese wrote a detailed, four-page document to justify his employment. He described how he had helped save taxpayers more than $10 million by using his nearly two decades of experience as an HVAC technician to identify efficiencies and find a cost-effective way to extend the life of the air handling units that circulate air through the 43-building, 1.5 million-square-foot campus. Lovell serves 90,000 patients each year, including veterans, active-duty service members and their dependents, along with the nearly 50,000 recruits who pass through the Navy's only boot camp each year at the adjacent Naval Station Great Lakes."
" But after they sent the justification memo up the chain, they got a curt response: The document was too long. He should sum up his position in no more than three sentences.
Noschese was told that a member of hospital leadership did that, but it made no difference. He had to turn in his badge and go home."
" "I'd never loved a job this much," Noschese said in an interview on Monday, before learning that his firing had been put on hold. "Everything that I did, from the moment I stepped into that position to the moment I was forced out.""
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