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...Vallier, however, challenged Dowling's management, and even nixed the operations manager's plans to promote three guards to new supervisor positions...
Department sources say hiring new supervisors from among the guards in a deeply divided unit would have created even more turmoil. Vallier says that such a move, in a guard service that has lost money in recent years, doesn't make economic sense...
...After Vallier reportedly reprimanded him earlier this summer, several sources said Dowling, who is in his 60s decided he no longer wanted the job. When his disability benefits were approved, Dowling emptied his office, taking even a treasured fish ornament. He is not expected to return...
...Vallier, equal parts meticulous and affable, says he's trying to create a "corporate" sensibility for the department. He formed his sense of what is properly corporate and professional during stints in the employee relations department at Shell Oil and as the vice president for human resources for a large health care provider...
...Vallier also knows Harvard. He has worked in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences human resources arm, and was known for aggressively seeking solutions for lower-ranking employees when they had trouble with professors and top administrators...