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Kalamazoo County Government

Management is a major concern. Although we are in the mental health field, the leadership is a significant source of stress. Middle management tends to deceive, manipulate, and undermine staff to protect their own interests, showing little regard for the well-being of the organization and their employees. Their behavior is not only indicative of poor leadership but often amounts to bullying and harassment. Upper management and HR will not protect or support employees. Together middle and upper management’s behavior is not only detrimental for the organization and harmful to employees but is also entirely inappropriate for a mental health agency. 
On paper this looks like a wonderful place to work, and it could be if management knew how to lead. Pay is lower than the public sector, but the benefits are great and there is flexibility in work hours, but middle management should be replaced, and upper management should support employees better. 


What is the best part of working at the company?
Two years into the pandemic, we are still mostly working from home in a hybrid arrangement that only requires a partial day in the office every two weeks.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
in finance, the workload can be high at times based on the time of year with reporting and budgeting schedules, typical for this type of work. Management team doesn't think strategically, so we end up doing projects that are a waste of time.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Finance is adversarial with other departments.  Little trust of employees, both in their general judgment and behavior.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Occasionally long hours, with periods of freedom in between.

I was hired to be a typist but first they make you do the front desk where you will speak to a very wide variety of different people including but not limited to SO's, incarcerated individuals, and normal people looking for a License to Purchase a handgun. Management at the higher level is not very helpful and quite opposed to changing any process. Hardest part of the job is what they don't tell you that you will have to endure, which is hearing about/reading/watching criminal activity from low level theft to murder and more. Not the job for everyone.

Management at the Office of Community Corrections is poorly structured and lacks accountability. Employees who raise workplace concerns often feel unsupported due to the absence of a dedicated HR department. Oversight is minimal, and decision-making appears heavily influenced by personal relationships rather than professionalism. The environment feels disorganized and ethically questionable, and significant improvements in leadership transparency and employee protections are needed.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay and benefits are great.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything is stressful. The workload is insane. 900 cases with multiple clients is almost unattainable. There is no way that you can truly HELP people with this amount of cases.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If you get in with the right people, you can be successful. Otherwise, they will nitpick until you leave.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
High stress. Everyone is overworked and stressed out all the time.

The Road Commission has harassing management. Very racist management. Upper management has been heard using the N word. It is a very hostile work environment. The elected officials need to oversee completely or absorb the road commission and hold management accountable. This is not how an employer should treat their employees. Big time discrimination against colored people, veterans, handicapped, etc.

This survey is strictly regarding the department I worked in. I cannot speak on behalf of other departments. Work place harrassment, hostile work environment, age and health discrimination, sarcasm, supervisor that shares personal conversations and allows staff members to run office and supervisor. Due to all the above, I had to retire early because it was affecting my healtj

I found that there were a lot of things that the management did wrong while I was working there. They weren't necessarily bad things, but if I had the power to change them, the park would see a rise in business with more soccer clubs. The focus should be around field management rather than the other activities found at the park.

If you stick with it there is room for advancement within the parks system. Management changes every few years, so it can be a little jarring at times. 

There is a lot to be desired working for this county. It prides itself on being great however I watched so much turnover and when management was failing the only thing done was a slap on the wrist and the turnover only escalated. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Administrative assistant 5 salaries reported	$20.65 per hour
Service technician 7 salaries reported	$20.45 per hour
Relief worker 4 salaries reported	$18.40 per hour
Public health nurse 1 salary reported	$86,653 per year
Deputy sheriff 5 salaries reported	$22.68 per hour

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