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LOVERRO: The business of happiness sometimes leaves a bruise

Ted Leonsis felt pretty good about the Washington Post naming his Monumental Sports and Entertainment Company one of the region’s best places to work.

“It means that the team here at MSE feels good about the work they are doing,” Transparent Ted wrote on his “Ted’s Take” blog.

Well, not everybody.

Former Washington Capitals coach Barry Trotz certainly didn’t feel great about working there. The Stanley Cup winner quit after he sought a lucrative new contract and was rebuffed by management, told essentially to just be happy he had the opportunity to work for an organization that, according to Transparent Ted, is in the “business of happiness.