Partnership for Public Service Reviews

- Management does not want to be criticized and is very defensive of feedback. If you choose to criticize, you will be targeted. - Culture is not inclusive and people are regularly ostracized from work cliques. - Work is sometimes awarded based on social skills rather than technical skills. - Once you become known for knowing how to do a tedious task well, you are stuck doing it for everyone. - Content and methods utilized by the Partnership tend to be outdated, just take a look at the website. - Complete lack of diversity and non-acknowledgement from management. Just look at pictures on website, especially of Board of Directors or SAGEs. - A few really narrow people work here and there is no interest in developing them. - The Partnership does not hire many people from local communities, which definitely impacts the culture and our connection to the work. - Pay is not comparable to work - Work life balance - Non-retention of talented people

As you soon as you start working for PPS you realize how unhappy people there are. Staff are stressed and tired. The staff turnover is high. Leadership does not know what they are doing and cannot make decisions. Feels like working for an organization in the 90s, old school, rigid, hierarchical and breeds culture of favoritism and secrecy. HR policies not consistently applied and no consequences of unethical work practices. Not much career growth except for those who are 'liked' by the CEO or Leadership. Access to opportunities, growth and even salary raises is not equitable. PPS is not a diverse organization. There are some improvements as they are trying to hire people from different cultures and backgrounds, but struggle being inclusive. There are a lot of women in the organization and in the management, but leadership does put genuine effort to support and promote people from other backgrounds. Leadership is all white. They have not yet figured out consistent and equitable hybrid working policy too, very slow moving. They need to learn how to practice what they preach to federal government.