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USDA Rural Development reviews about "management"

23% positive business outlook

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13 reviews
2.0
18 Aug 2025

Overworked and underpaid

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Pros

- Great local management teams. - Great coworkers, extremely knowledgeable. - Sense of accomplishment and belief in the mission. - Assisting your local communities.

Cons

- Terrible upper management. Political instability. - Outdated computer information systems. - Work/life balance. To make up for the low pay government positions used to offer incentives like work from home a few days a week, alternative work schedules (just work your 40 hours a week, start and end time changes as you want), and job security. All of these are gone or on their way out. - Burnout. Entire teams have resigned, under the threat of being fired, or have been fired so the work of 20 people now rests on a single person. There is not enough staff. Literally half of this agency’s staff no longer exists.

1.0
8 Mar 2021

Business Programs

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Pros

Benefits Advancement opportunities Did I mention benefits?

Cons

Salary Lack of work Little to no guidance Management has zero leadership skills or training & a reputation of being a micromanager

1.0
14 July 2022

Worst, toxic, disgusting

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Pros

None that I can think of

Cons

Toxic environment. All forms of harassment everywhere all day. Management promotes friends and family, nothing based on competence.

2.0
14 Dec 2022

Don’t work here

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Pros

Security of a federal job.

Cons

Childish, inexperienced management. Constant micromanagement.

3.0
30 Oct 2023

Rural Development

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Pros

Hybrid work environment, benefits, and work hours.

Cons

Communication within the agency is not ideal, with constant micro-management, and hostility between coworkers and customers.

1.0
5 Sept 2019

Run for your life.....

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Pros

can't think of a single one. quit and find something else

Cons

Hired as a processor in customer service at the St. Louis location. worst decision of my life. initial job interview and info given about the job is very deceptive. Management is aware this job is terrible...very high turnover, low morale, and unprofessional work environment. every department is behind and you will deal with rude, angry customers most of the time. insurance department rarely makes payments on time, not sure how this is even legal... facility is also in a very seedy neighborhood. quit and never looked back...

1.0
30 Nov 2024

Work/Life balance

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Pros

Great pay, ability to work independently.

Cons

Management not flexible with telework policy and scheduling.

4.0
13 July 2016
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Pros

Management is very pro-family and the schedules are flexible. Very friendly working environment. Employees willing to help eachother.

Cons

Sometimes upward mobility may be limited.

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