The Kansas City Chiefs have been accused of age discrimination by a former employee by the name of Brenda Sniezek.

Sniezek was employed by the Chiefs from March of 1982 until January of 2011. In her complaint, filed to the Circuit Court of Jackson County, at Independence, Sniezek claims the Chiefs engaged in unlawful employment practices by demonstrating a pattern of age discrimination that ended in the  termination of multiple senior employees.

Sniezek’s claims in the complaint are often somewhat unsettling and specific. Often directly quoting high ranking members of the Chiefs’ front office.

Right off the bat, the complaint implicates GM Scott Pioli. Sniezek claims Pioli was overheard saying “We’re going to get rid of everyone who was with Carl Peterson [the former general manager], especially anyone over the age of 40.” The document does not, however, give any more specifics on this particular quote.

The claims do not focus on Sniezek alone and there are a couple of examples of incidents involving other terminated employees.

“In January 2010, Ann Roach, an employee with 40 years with the organization was told she needed to retire or she would be terminated. After that, more older employees were terminated.”

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