janitor

employment specialist

it technician

Didlake Inc.

working at didlake in Portsmouth do not treat disabilities people right and the team leaders are very verbal abusive and nothing was ever done about it and the manager does nothing expect hid behind the desk to look for excuses with their false policies on the job. team leader don t drop or pick us up on time and always late, they don't provide supplies we need on time and they don't give us enough cleaning products to clean the buildings. They do cheat on our pay stub even when we work 20 hours a week they talk over us and look for excuses and we get false write up and force us to sign papers that we don t agree with that not sound right and threated us to be fired if we do not cooperate to sign the papers. they too many false policy. some of the team leaders write false write up and try to get us to be blamed. They need to look into this matters in Didlake, inc in Portsmouth Virginia. The disabiliies are being treated unfairly, abusively, disrespectful, crossing the lines, yelling at us, talk over them, treat them and job coach do not help at all and no vacation time and often get hurt on the job when they refuse to follow the doctor notes that been provided. They do not follow the goverment contract policy. The disabiliies people get very treated badly and nothing was ever done about it. one speicifc team leader always hide and sleep off on the job and eat and hide and do nothing and yelling at the people on her team with violence outburst. Some of the team leader using their rank status to get away with trouble and lying and to the boss. so many problems going on in didlake at Portsmouth, va and nothing is ever done about it. This need serious actions to be look in to. Part timers don't even get 10 to 15 mintues break and it is the law that they do take breaks or eat lunch. Full time people get 30 minutues break so we also do not have enough people on the job and many of them have quit because of the bad treatment that going on in the company. Didlake in Portsmouth, va is very very unorganized and manger often look for excuses to cheat the time clock out and cheat the pay stubs and give lot of use excuse or run around lies. THere way too much favorism and racisms on the job. Manger need to be replace and team leader need t stop abusive behavior and have better commuications with the deaf and hard of hearing. so many polices are make up and not sound right, please do something about it. So many people are transferring to didlake in Norfolk, va because treat me is better there then the one in Portsmouth, va the manger have done nothing right and so many lies on the job that have false write up and forcing other to signs papers on the write up that not agree to sign it becasue if they don t sign it they get fired and feel like a threat. Didlake in Portsmouth have too many problems and it need to do something about it to make it better.

Upon hire, we had a great Director who cared about company values and staff had long tenures, since then the morale has dramatically decreased which was shared at Executive Meetings that resulted in no change. This showed that Executives don’t care about their staff. 
Currently, new Director has less experience than other staff in the field is abrasive and in the very first staff meeting created a negative environment with an aggressive approach to attempting to lead. After this, he told staff “that you don't have to be here and you can leave.” 
Didlake has found ways to cut pay drastically every few months for the same level of work, mine went down $10k in 3 years.
Managers gossip and lie...none of new policies make sense. 
Not cultured at all, very FEW minorities, favoritism & unfair treatment is transparent.
Several EEO complaints if you search the company. 
Executives also don't care, HR is on their side too. Didlake can't keep HR staff which tells alot....HR and Managers do unethical things. 
Managers will blame you for any client concerns; very little support. 
I had to keep and prove emails to keep from getting terminated. 
Wish a non-profit company would stand by their own values.
Have to find own billable hours...

I walked in that 101 building for 4 years walked into the office punched in and punched out almost everyday everytime I would walk through my routine and do my work my coworkers always made me feel at home more than my home ever did I love those guys they took me in and treated like one of thier own from day one I felt wanted and sure i had disagreements with certain co workers from time to time but that what families do we don’t get along 100% of the time but overall I’ve loved working there and I am currently working there but i need a full Time position and I need one in a hurry so this part time isn’t going to work anymore I need either several part time jobs or part time and full time or something.. overall great work environment 

Pay & benefits
The pay is purposely set at the low end of the range. Only the head of HR decides the pay for everyone.

Job security and advancement
Stay under the radar. Don't ask questions or challenge that process. Do what they say and collect your check.

Management
Management is segregated from everyone else, their departments included. The executive that sit on high make decisions for people they don't even work near.

Culture
No direction. Everyone who works there has been there for more than 20 years. They just give training and feedback when they feel like it. Technology is current but the culture is from the 50s. Even how race and ethnicity are references.

Overall
After being there a very short time, I had to run. HR is a mess. They'd rather hire some with little to no experience in the industry than someone who does. Even with HR experience dealing with individuals with disabilities.

Typical day at work,open two additoriums,clean them.Open seven meeting rooms vacuum,wipe boards down,clean tables,mop hallways two of them,and clean eighteen men and women bathrooms thoroughly replenishing all items if needed.
I learned how to be a team player,work with the handicapped, teaching them what i know,and responsibility for my area and others if needed.
My coworkers were o.k,i love just to do my work,be productive and get ready for the next day.
There was nothing hard about the job,just always willing to learn makes it easy.
The enjoyable part of the job was knowing my areas were clean,items replenished and everyone can move around freely.

I worked for Didlake for about 3 years working on their Norfolk Naval Shipyard contract. The compensation was good, but the job was very physically demanding unless you were management. Managers tended to take advantage of their position, and because of that it was extremely difficult to advance. After 3 years I never got a raise and was shot down everytime I went for a promotion. But my coworkers were very friendly and fun to work with, and the job wasn't extremely difficult. Dealing with the actual shipyard employees was hit or miss, some were extremely friendly and some were extremely rude and difficult to deal with. You have to be willing to put up with a lot if you work for them.

Overall NOT A good and safe place to work. As a disabled veteran I was ignored and told by my supervisors, to include, shown, that the company really didn't care about my disability. I broke down in tears. The word DISABILITY and Didlake DO NOT belong in the same sentence. In order for me to deal with the day to day bafoonery, I hid myself in my work. I found refuge in cleaning on the military bases; it always felt as though I was supporting my country still. However, working for Didlake, an unprofessional and heartless atmosphere, an atmosphere that doesn't own up to their own mistakes nor do they care. They are quick to shift blame on the lower echelon, build a case against you, then fire you. Sad.

The job isn't hard. It's the disable people you work with on these sites. They complain about pay the tell on one another, they pick on people, the mangers have favorite; that they reward for there telling behavior.  The mangers sleep in the office and clip coupons with the door closed. They scared of the gm thats nasty as can be. The job at that site is not worth the pay as a disable person with  shyness, axiety, depression. The enviroment does  not support help for the mental disable at all. I was treated horrible and it was the worst I think who ever decides to work at this location be ware it's not family  orientated days off are hard to take. The management are not supportive   .  They don't care and those are some nasty people. I am not a bitter employee but rather honest about my experience  working there.

I been working for this company for 8 years. I have been offered a promotion 3 times and all 3 times I have been screwed over. The management need to be replaced. The supervisor needs to be demoted to a janitor because she can't do her own job such as installing dispensers.  They have us park at the Food Lion Parking lot and wait to be picked up by a van and threatened to write us up if we missed the van. In 2017 we were told that didlake purchased the lot next door and will have two new buildings and spaces for us to park and a few weeks ago they lied to us about the parking. Something needs to be done about this mistreatment this is a disability company but we are treated like we can move as regular people some of us can't move as fast as others.

A typical day at work consist of clocking in before 6am fill out required documents daily (S.O.P)monitor euipment being moved in or out of workspace enforce rules and regulations not much to learn i have a security background I cannot say much about management because I am rarely see or talk to them unless there is a major problem  and as for my co-workers they are a great bunch.The hardest part of my job is other people and their attitudes towards the rules being enforced I have been verbally abused for doing my job i have been lied on as well but I do not take it personal. the most enjoyable part of my job is the fact that I can study my school work as well as meet new people

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