Rotten Apples

"A bad manager can take a good staff and destroy it, causing the best employees to flee and the remainder to lose motivation"
~unknown

The statement above precisely underscores what the CRCU management has done to the staff of the records department. In the beginning the employees thrived under the leadership of the CRCU. It was by no means perfect but the dedication to the division as a whole was there. We did anything we were ask with smiles on our faces and routinely went above and beyond without being ask. We knew that the success of the division rested on our shoulders and we were prepared to do whatever was necessary to ensure it just that...a success. The reason we thrived was because we respected our management and the decisions that they made. The CRCU management treated us with respect. They respected us like professionals and equals. That's not to say we didn't have disagreements, but for the good of the team we worked those out as a team and moved on. Nor am I saying we liked or agreed with every decision that was made. We understood the decisions that the management made was for the good of the division as a whole. The CRCU management understood how to get the most out of employees by showing them the respect they deserved and involving them in the process. As a result the management was able to hire and train long term employees who went above and beyond without being ask. Because of the feeling of security,  employees felt comfortable enough to perform at their very best. That was until the current management took over. Their first mistake was not even knowing the laws and regulations that govern what we did as a records division. Their second mistake was not respecting the employees that built the division they were now running. Because of these two costly mistakes the current CRCU management never garnered the respect of the employees of the department. To this day they don't have the respect of the department because they talk down to employees instead of to them as human beings.  As a result well trained redactors have left the division. This left a void in passing on the knowledge that was achieved  through hours of trial and error. Instead of seeking to replace the knowledge lost with experienced employees leaving, the new management took it upon themselves to place highly unqualified individuals in positions of authority because the management viewed these employees as CRCU "favorites." The current regime passed over very qualified individuals for people who couldn't do the job they were assigned. This resulted in a dropping morale rate almost from the beginning. Even worse is the fact that because of these decisions,  sensitive CPS information has been mistakenly given to the public on several hundred occaisions by these unqualified individuals. The heinous decision making of the current CRCU management has caused highly valued and college educated individuals to view the CRCU as stepping stone to other employment opportunities rather than a career destination, and who can blame them. Hiring decisions that choose the unqualified over the tenured tend and experienced to have that affect on people. The current regime of the CRCU has turned once selfless employees into unmotivated underachieving slackers. Yet they continue to pat themselves on the back like they have accomplished something worth noting. When all they have really done is mask the problems they've created with lies and nepotism. For all of the problems they have claimed to have solved, 90% of the problems were created by their heinous decision making in the first place.