Parish Employee Survey, Comment 2
This Parish employee had alot to say and said alot. Again the theme of fairness arises. He/she details the confusion reigning inside the Randolph Administration. Does the way he/she compares the atmosphere that existed at the beginning of the term to now, and sees a huge difference, sound familiar? This was the perfect Administration, after all! Doesn't sound that way to Parish employees. "...seems like it is the Department Heads/Parish President versus the employees." Sad, very sad!
"Having been working here at LPG for many years, I have seen many people and situations come and go. Here are a few things that I hear talked about among employees and the difference from previous administrations: 1. Raises are given unfairly, and if you think someone's title change in order to get an increase in pay doesn't get around, think again. It is extremely hard to digest that when the Parish Administrator announces in a staff meeting when discussing evaluations that there are no funds for raises in 2006. 2. COMMUNICATIONS - so many employees say the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing and I'll give you some examples of it when you have two people working on the same task because the Supervisor's don't involve who needs to be involved when they need to be involved; your name is on a "volunteer" list and you never volunteered and didn't find out you were on the list until another employee told you; when you are volunteered by your supervisor to take on additional tasks and everyone in a staff meeting knows about it before the actual employee does - shouldn't the supervisor discuss it with the employee first, the employee just might have a better simpler idea. 3. Every time it is near election time, you always hear the same thing, "the next Administration can't possibly get any worse than this one." Most of the time, it is the Administration versus the Council, no matter who is in office, but this term, it also seems like it is the Department Heads/Parish President versus the employees. Most employees don't even bother going the extra mile any more because they figure, what for, it's the boss's way or no way. I'll give you an example this survey the majority of the employees said, "why send it in, nothing is going to get done about it anyway." It seems like the employees, the "little people", are being forgotten and their ideas, efforts, and suggestions don't count. If the employees don't trust and respect their Department Heads or Parish President, you will never have a staff give you 100% team effort. 4. At the beginning of this term, staff meetings were held with all employees and the atmosphere presented at that time was good everyone talked, happy to be involved, was told put out family photos, etc everyone was excited. What happened? I say that if you are going to go through the trouble of asking for this survey, then listen to what your employees are telling you. Let them help this Administration be the best that it can be, not just the Department Heads. Listen and take seriously what all of the employees who responded are saying, because I have never seen employee morale so low!!"
This Parish employee had alot to say and said alot. Again the theme of fairness arises. He/she details the confusion reigning inside the Randolph Administration. Does the way he/she compares the atmosphere that existed at the beginning of the term to now, and sees a huge difference, sound familiar? This was the perfect Administration, after all! Doesn't sound that way to Parish employees. "...seems like it is the Department Heads/Parish President versus the employees." Sad, very sad!
"Having been working here at LPG for many years, I have seen many people and situations come and go. Here are a few things that I hear talked about among employees and the difference from previous administrations: 1. Raises are given unfairly, and if you think someone's title change in order to get an increase in pay doesn't get around, think again. It is extremely hard to digest that when the Parish Administrator announces in a staff meeting when discussing evaluations that there are no funds for raises in 2006. 2. COMMUNICATIONS - so many employees say the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing and I'll give you some examples of it when you have two people working on the same task because the Supervisor's don't involve who needs to be involved when they need to be involved; your name is on a "volunteer" list and you never volunteered and didn't find out you were on the list until another employee told you; when you are volunteered by your supervisor to take on additional tasks and everyone in a staff meeting knows about it before the actual employee does - shouldn't the supervisor discuss it with the employee first, the employee just might have a better simpler idea. 3. Every time it is near election time, you always hear the same thing, "the next Administration can't possibly get any worse than this one." Most of the time, it is the Administration versus the Council, no matter who is in office, but this term, it also seems like it is the Department Heads/Parish President versus the employees. Most employees don't even bother going the extra mile any more because they figure, what for, it's the boss's way or no way. I'll give you an example this survey the majority of the employees said, "why send it in, nothing is going to get done about it anyway." It seems like the employees, the "little people", are being forgotten and their ideas, efforts, and suggestions don't count. If the employees don't trust and respect their Department Heads or Parish President, you will never have a staff give you 100% team effort. 4. At the beginning of this term, staff meetings were held with all employees and the atmosphere presented at that time was good everyone talked, happy to be involved, was told put out family photos, etc everyone was excited. What happened? I say that if you are going to go through the trouble of asking for this survey, then listen to what your employees are telling you. Let them help this Administration be the best that it can be, not just the Department Heads. Listen and take seriously what all of the employees who responded are saying, because I have never seen employee morale so low!!"
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