Bureaucracy In Action - Anonymous employee Michigan Economic Development Employee Review

Focused on development for the people of Michigan.

Employee is crushed with VERY top down, do what I say, not what I do, mgt.

Smart, dedicated coworkers who still care about the mission Some teams are great despite upper leadership Good benefits on paper Good pay

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