The Washington Commanders only the wonly team that seem to have had a toxic work culture.
Former Las Vegas Raiders employees have alleged that the organization enabled a toxic culture of harassment and a hostile work environment.
Briana Erickson and Mick Akers of the Las Vegas Review-Journal dropped a darning report about multiple former employees coming forward with allegations of the franchise, both in Oakland and in Las Vegas, leaving them “feeling unsupported, underpaid and at risk of retaliation if they voiced concerns.”
One woman who used to work for the Raiders called the organization a “boys club and the Mob wrapped in one.”
Erickson and Jeff German listed several lawsuits directed against the Raiders organization since 2013. Nicole Adams, one of the accusers, filed a complaint with the Nevada Equal Rights Commission claiming the organization discriminated against her base on her race and fired her in retaliation when she expressed concerns about unequal treatment.
She also said women were told how to dress and were reprimanded for “distracting the men” with their attire.
“Every time someone was let go, every time someone was retaliated against or pushed out, every time they had to leave feeling less than themselves, it hurt me,” Adams said. “In the role of an HR professional, you’re supposed to protect people from things like that, but I had no power to do so.”
“Those things were inappropriate because I had boobs and a butt,” Adams said. “I just started wearing pants because I felt like I couldn’t wear skirts or dresses, or I would be seen as being provocative.”
Nicolle Reeder, who filed a class-action lawsuit against the Raiders in 2020 for violating California labor law, told Erickson and Akers that working for the club was “kind of like survival of the fittest.”
One employee at The Raider Image team retail store said he was watched on surveillance video and got “criticized for blowing his nose” and was denied overtime pay.
Adams said she was “directed to create job descriptions that allowed the company to skirt paying overtime for workers.”
The team settled a class-action lawsuit filed by a former Raiderette after the 2013 season for $1.25 million. She made allegations of theft and unfair employment practices during her time as a cheerleader.
Davis has been the managing general partner and controlling owner of the Raiders since the death of his father, Al Davis, in 2011.
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