- Employees have opportunity to make a positive impact on job creation in the state of Michigan
- Mixed work environment - some headquarters-based, many field-based
- Overall good pay and benefits
Kontras
- Going overboard with selective DEI emphasis
- Growing more top-heavy with more directors and executives than ever
- Mix of state and corporate employees leads to inevitable disparities
Smart, dedicated coworkers who still care about the mission
Some teams are great despite upper leadership
Good benefits on paper
Good pay
Kontras
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