Marion County (Oregon) reviews

Perhaps worst of all, the leadership team displays a complete lack of accountability for their actions. When confronted with evidence of their mistakes, they either deflect blame onto others or simply refuse to engage and acknowledge. This lack of leadership has ultimately led to an organization that is rudderless and incapable of making progress. Communication is completely non-existent. Teams fight with other teams and within their own teams. Management maliciously singles out various staff members frequently, pursuing bogus write-ups and unwarranted discipline. Labor laws and union contracts are frequently violated. See, for example, SEIU 503 vs Marion County and the Employee Relations Board's ruling. The ultimate goal is to eliminate anyone with an opinion and consolidate power for self-preservation. Admirably, this is actually one goal that was successfully achieved. Over the span of 1.5 years, various sub-units within IT achieved an impressive 100% turnover rate, resulting in double-digit numbers of employees leaving. Yes, that's right. Everyone who works here would love nothing more than to leave. Finally, I cannot overstate how deeply angering it is to watch taxpayer dollars being squandered. Management lies about budgets and costs in order to further their own interests, and it's clear that they are not interested in being good stewards of the public's money. It's a truly disappointing state of affairs, but happens when no one watches the watchers.

Lack of actual leadership in management. "With us or against us" attitudes creating "in crowds" and "out crowds." Decisions made at Sr. Leadership levels in a silo without consulting system experts leading to incidents and outages. Inability for leadership to admit error -- it's always someone else's fault. An HR department that's either unwilling to act, or does not have the authority to act, even when laws are actively being broken (data protections, public hiring rules and open competition, unfair labor practices). See, for example, SEIU 503 vs Marion County and the Employee Relations Board's ruling. Expect to be overworked, your professional expertise disregarded, and be bullied out the door if you ever question a decision by management. Even if you're also in leadership.