The field personnel are great. The administration is awful. There is rampant micromanagement to the point it affects us daily on calls. If you oppose the department you WILL be blackballed for promotion.
The department as a whole has suffered from an absentee chief and a micro-managing deputy chief whose rampant vindictiveness blackballs anyone who calls out his hypocrisy is punished and passed over for promotion, committees and work group selections. Promotions are based on the buddy system or the ability to control the candidates not their knowledge or ability to perform. The other deputy chief is a product of a former regime and is only riding his time to retirement providing no benefit or service to the department. The administration staff is filled with former union presidents who towed the line and didn’t rock the boat.
The field staff performs to the best of their capabilities but fears retaliation for speaking up on the myriad of issues the department faces. Promotional process integrity has been compromised repeatedly over the years and the complaints are meet with nonchalant responses and sweeping it under the rug. Anyone who appears disgruntled is told to leave if they don’t like it.
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The department as a whole has suffered from an absentee chief and a micro-managing deputy chief whose rampant vindictiveness blackballs anyone who calls out his hypocrisy is punished and passed over for promotion, committees and work group selections. Promotions are based on the buddy system or the ability to control the candidates not their knowledge or ability to perform. The other deputy chief is a product of a former regime and is only riding his time to retirement providing no benefit or service to the department. The administration staff is filled with former union presidents who towed the line and didn’t rock the boat.
The field staff performs to the best of their capabilities but fears retaliation for speaking up on the myriad of issues the department faces. Promotional process integrity has been compromised repeatedly over the years and the complaints are meet with nonchalant responses and sweeping it under the rug. Anyone who appears disgruntled is told to leave if they don’t like it.