Parish Employee Survey, Introduction
TPRTK has obtained the results from a survey conducted by the Randolph Administration, the purpose of which was "to provide better employee relations amongst our staff...", and was not intended for Public consumption. Informed sources tell us that the survey was conducted before the June 30 short-check debacle. The survey asked 13 questions which the employee could rank 1-5, from strongly disagree to strongly agree. One question was "Do I know what is expected of me at work?".

In addition to answering the questions by scoring them, employees were given a chance to "list any other suggestions/comments on what can be improved at the Lafourche Parish Government". Fifty-two employees took the opportunity to respond in this way, all but one anonymously. Generally, the responses revealed very low morale amongst Parish employees, with many citing poor communications within the Administration, unfair pay policies, a lack of pay raises and disrespectful supervisors as complaints.

On a positive note, the comments also reveal we have employees who want to do a good job, if they were permitted to do so, and who care about the quality of work they produce for us.

All told, the survey paints a bleak picture of life inside the Randolph Administration. How bleak will be revealed as we begin posting verbatim comments from some of these brave employees in the coming days. (Two comments reveal either the phone number or name of the employee. That information will not be posted here.)

Stay tuned!