US Farm Service Agency reviews

Training (lack of), interpersonal drama and backbiting and nepotism make it a horrible place to work. Everyone working in the agency says everyone else in incompetent/or doesn't do their job. For example, at a state wide training meeting a Manager directly contradicted the trainer in front of the whole meeting, they proceed to argue, and then the manager sent out e-mails during the training soliciting complaints to be made against the person conducting the training. This person was the head of the department her boss. Unprofessional behavior at it's finest. A hostile workplace for Veterans, My manager vocalized displeasure to me (a service connected disabled veteran) with being forced to hire veterans, and veterans were treated like red-headed step children. Example, a new hire veteran working in a different office had a confrontation with his supervisor so the supervisor made all the veterans in the county over multiple offices attend a teleconference on veterans in the workplace.

I've encountered too many people who seem to consider protecting their turf their number one goal, which makes it difficult to get things done or collaborate effectively. The paperwork requirements are a bit ridiculous.