RTO optics, tone-deaf leadership, and political puppeteering — not the public service I signed up for. - Specialist Michigan Economic Development Employee Review

Executive leadership is out of touch with employees and politically compromised RTO policy is punitive and unmoored from operational reality Zero transparency around layoffs/furloughs: staff kept in the dark and breadcrumbed information Morale is plummeting, and good people are quietly leaving; "love it or leave it" mentality from leadership Staff input is performatively “welcomed” but structurally ignored Policies implemented without evidence, evaluation plans, or genuine feedback mechanisms