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Cowardly, Dogmatic and Authoritarian Organization - Anonymous employee Senior Service America Employee Review

1.0
Jun 16, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good Benefits Package, including full health benefits for HMO, 4% matching 401k, paid vacation and medical leave. Many talented employees.

Cons

Company has three grant funded programs, each are poorly managed and dwindling in funding. There is no leadership within the organization. For personal gain, the ED buys his way on boards that have nothing to do with low income seniors. He rules with iron fists and has no vision or leadership qualities. He has no experience running organizations and only has a HS education. He hides behind his management team like a coward. Mid and upper management are puppets and manage in the same style as the ED, in a very dogmatic, controlling, surreptitious and authoritarian manner. There is little trust given to employees. There is no strategic plan or direction for the organization. The organization has reached its capacity with the current leadership, the board is non-existent and any potential or opportunities for growth are quickly dismissed my the ED. There are no opportunities for growth.

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Cons

From the USEPA web site: "The Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) Program provides an opportunity for retired and unemployed older Americans age 55 and over to share their expertise with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)." SSAI is one of the contractors supporting the SEE program. Think of a SEE job with this company as essentially a step above volunteering and you won't be disappointed. Salaries are minimum wage or slightly above but nowhere near comparable federal salaries. The maximum wage ceiling is incredibly low. In the current job market, one could consider this a potentially exploitative situation for those 55 and up who are having difficulty finding other employment. Administrative staff at the home office make many errors so you have to watch your time sheets and pay receipts carefully. Although this program was never designed to meet essential EPA program needs, it gets used for just this purpose. Employees have little recourse through SSAI if a problem arises. Management is incompetent and not even aware of the stipulations within it's own employee handbook.

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