Several weeks before leaving city employment, Chattanooga’s chief information officer was the subject of a human resources investigation that found he demonstrated “unprofessional conduct” when he scolded employees in a call with an outside vendor.
On Feb. 23, Tyson Morris and his staff participated in a video call with representatives from a company called Slalom, which he was considering for a project converting city data into cloud services. During the call, Morris chastised his team for being unprepared and wasting the time of representatives from the company, according to a report dated March 15.
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“We are not wasting their time … YOU are,” an employee said in a message he accidentally sent to Morris during the call.
“Watch it,” Morris responded.