Bill L. | Commented May 28, 2013
You can judge an organization by how well the top leader regards
and supports it's employees. In the last 6 months, 3,500 of the most
dedicated and experienced FEMA Disaster Response and Recovery Employees
have quit FEMA. Hurricane season begins June 1st. I hope the long Chain
of Command Org Chart will be able to cope with giving orders to the
empty boxes below them. The chain is broken at the anchor, the crew is
jumping ship and the vessel is adrift in turbulent shallow waters.
Former FEMA employee | Commented May 28, 2013
To Bill: You are so right. Last I heard, it was well over 3,500
who have left and many more are indeed bailing the sinking ship. To
add to your post, the FEMA Americorps idea EPIC FAILED and so did
federal surge. On Hurricane Sandy, over 200 federal surge folks quit en
masse from being abused, insulted and lied to about what they would be
doing. Fugate is a fiscal shark, he has shown the entire FEMA personnel
culture that the almighty dollar is his only focus. As another former
FEMA reservist told me today, 'Sadly, it will be the public who will pay
for Headquarter's fascist tactics.' HQ is doing a GREAT job driving
off seasoned FEMA reservists on a daily basis. When the big one hits,
the public can call up HQ and ask them why nobody is walking down their
street anymore. FEMA reservists who have left only get a short
automated 'thank you for your service' sentence along with an address
where to send your stuff. When you grossly mistreat thousands of people
who have routinely sacrificed their time, money, and lives to serve
this country in it's worst hours...and all you get is a computer
automated one-liner, that speaks VOLUMES for why our numbers are
continually tanking.
http://www.emergencymgmt.com/ Craig Fugate Discusses How FEMA Has Changed (And What’s Next)
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