My spouse and I have been almost lifelong scouters and love the program. My son went from Tiger Cub all the way to Eagle Scout. Scouting has given him the confidence to be a success in life. I owe his sucess at college and in ROTC to scouting. I continue to be active even though my son has aged out.
However it is a different story if you work for them. Their Human Resources practices are in the stone age. My spouse was a 10 year employee. She has worked for two previous council executives and always received meets or receives on her evaluations. A new executive comes in and this guy is a royal dirt bag. He is abusive and belittles employees. He is openly sexist towards woman and hostile to older employees. Saying he does't like old women. 20 employees have left the organization because of him. He has had dozens of complaints against him and has been investiaged twice by National. No one at his previous council has anything good to say about him. He gave my wife the work that was done by three people previously and verbally abused her when she couldn't get it done even with putting in 60 hours a week. The assistant scout executive got out of there because he was having to seek counseling because of this guy. My wife complained to regional and to national HR and they did nothing for to help her. This jerk even bet the assistant executive a six pack of beer he could make my wife quit. (The assistant exec went along with the bet fearing for his career and job.) Finally she resigned her position because she said life wasn't worth living if she had to continue working for this guy.
So now she is out of a job and her retirement benefits will be small. National and Regional HR did nothing to help her. Recently another female employee of the council lodged another complaint about this guy. Yet HR does nothign. Many people have suggested that she sue the council and scouting but she doesn't want to do that as she loves scouting. But maybe that is the only choice left. Any one out there have any suggestions?
Scouting Great For Boys - Treats Employees Badly
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My spouse and I have been almost lifelong scouters and love the program. My son went from Tiger Cub all the way to Eagle Scout. Scouting has given him the confidence to be a success in life. I owe his sucess at college and in ROTC to scouting. I continue to be active even though my son has aged out.
However it is a different story if you work for them. Their Human Resources practices are in the stone age. My spouse was a 10 year employee. She has worked for two previous council executives and always received meets or receives on her evaluations. A new executive comes in and this guy is a royal dirt bag. He is abusive and belittles employees. He is openly sexist towards woman and hostile to older employees. Saying he does't like old women. 20 employees have left the organization because of him. He has had dozens of complaints against him and has been investiaged twice by National. No one at his previous council has anything good to say about him. He gave my wife the work that was done by three people previously and verbally abused her when she couldn't get it done even with putting in 60 hours a week. The assistant scout executive got out of there because he was having to seek counseling because of this guy. My wife complained to regional and to national HR and they did nothing for to help her. This jerk even bet the assistant executive a six pack of beer he could make my wife quit. (The assistant exec went along with the bet fearing for his career and job.) Finally she resigned her position because she said life wasn't worth living if she had to continue working for this guy.
So now she is out of a job and her retirement benefits will be small. National and Regional HR did nothing to help her. Recently another female employee of the council lodged another complaint about this guy. Yet HR does nothign. Many people have suggested that she sue the council and scouting but she doesn't want to do that as she loves scouting. But maybe that is the only choice left. Any one out there have any suggestions?