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Firman Community Services

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Toxic work environment, namely the CEO - Case Manager Firman Community Services Employee Review

1.0
2 Mar 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I loved my coworkers and my clients. The work was great and it was nice to see the positive impact we had on the community. The pay was also good.

Cons

I was told I would have plenty of training and guidance as needed. Onboarding was fine, but training sessions seemed random and not very comprehensive. All employees should receive the same trainings, but it seems that they are only provided as needed, or out of spite because someone might have made a small mistake. The CEO, Ms. Young, micromanages her supervisors to no end and speaks to them very disrespectfully. She is always calling last minute meetings and phone calls (that last forever) to yell and demand why something wasn’t done “right”. She is extremely rude and unprofessional to all of her employees and speaks down on them. There is absolutely no guidance or collaboration on how to resolve an issue or move forward. Ms. Young often made hurtful, discriminatory remarks towards employees of different backgrounds. Because many of us are bilingual, English may not be our first language, so any small miscommunication is confused for incompetence, bringing on more yelling. She also would often question our educational backgrounds and experience, implying that we were stupid and didn’t know what we were doing, instead of helping us learn and work together to solve the issues. On certain holidays where the office should have been closed, Ms. Young would not tell us until the last minute if we had the day off, and then made it seem like she was doing us a huge favor and being so kind and she would force people to thank her. It was ridiculously manipulative.

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5.0
30 Aug 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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Cons

Very bad company in the market

1.0
22 Sept 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

My co-workers were wonderful people, and I enjoyed having their support.

Cons

I was warned my first day by a co-worker that I should not have accepted a job here. On the company website, nowhere does it say where this organization receives its funding from (we were told by our supervisors and the CEO that the state of Illinois provides Firman with funding). No list of a board of directors anywhere. The website is kind of a joke. I just don't understand. It is a completely chaotic and unorganized place. Printers and fax machines are always broken, and employees are not allowed to have their own telephones and computers, which makes doing work difficult. Gas mileage reimbursement and pay checks never arrived on time. We would sometimes have to wait until 8pm on Friday to receive them. The worst part were the supervisors and the CEO. They are very unprofessional and inappropriate and treat their employees with no respect. The dress code was extremely harsh and we had to call everyone (including coworkers) by Ms. or Mr. It was a very strange and horrible experience to work at this place, and everyone told me they were proud that I quit, after getting verbally assaulted by the CEO for no reason, in front of the entire company. It really was frightening.

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