WA: Sound Transit CEO Denied Bonus Over Abrasive Management Style

March 2, 2018
Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff was denied a performance bonus Thursday, as the agency’s board members told him to improve his abrasive management style.

Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff was denied a performance bonus Thursday, as the agency’s board members told him to improve his abrasive management style.

Board members, an investigator and even Rogoff blame some friction on his East Coast attitude conflicting with a soft-spoken Northwest work culture — especially following retired CEO Joni Earl, beloved for her collegial and unflappable manner.

The board of local elected officials voted 11-2, with five absent, to order him to complete a leadership development plan, and be supervised by three board members, while awarding zero bonus for 2017, out of a possible 10 percent, or $31,290.

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