South Carolina Department Of Disabilities And Special Needs Reviews

The new supervisor in the Sequoia building harasses some employees and lets others steal time from the state. This Lois M. yells at people, blocks people in the hall, talks over people, keeps people late after work, and detains them during their lunch hour.

On the other hand, her token favorite (B.Hawkins), gets to work at 8, takes long lunches, and is out by 2:30 daily. Today was the first day he worked to 3:30 in 5 months.

Many of us have been detained 20 to 30 minutes late after work, lectured in a hostile manner, and she seems to harass the hardest workers the most.

I know half of us have decided to look elsewhere for a job. Maybe that is why she is here - to force people to quit. She herself wafts in around 10 AM. I assume she is micromanaging out of some need to make up for the fact she was demoted.

It is bad enough B.Hawkins is the highest paid for just a MA degree. Then there is a woman who almost makes that much and speaks poor english and may have a bachelors degree at best. Evidently she babysits someone's kids in state office. This nepotism and favoritism, along with a hostile working situation needs to stop. The work got done, but now you have a micromanager making it unbearable.

I accompanied my sister who was having her child evaluated for ASD by the SCDDSN Autism Division. You could not walk 5 feet without being assaulted by scent.

I work at a scent free agency. Research shows people with Autism/ASD are more sensitive to scents. In fact, Claflin (My School) has done research on this topic. The heavy set sisters were drenched in perfume.

Two older white women were also drenched in perfume. Poor hygiene and old noses/inability to smell does not license you to share that offensive stench. The place reeked of nasty smell. My nephew kept touching his nose and crying.

At one point he went running down a hall towards a copy machine to be blasted by a scented candle one woman had going in her office. The scent was overwhelming. We noticed a woman wearing a mask and assumed it was due to these people's poor hygiene practices. I am so thankful this is not an issue where I work.

Taxpayers should not be exposed to this stench. Now, the filth! The place was disgusting. The furniture we had to sit in was obviously 30 years old, thread bare, and badly stained.

The bathrooms were also filthy. The one we were shown to had dead bugs all over the place. The floors looked to never been mopped. Black filth was everywhere and 4 glade bottles were there on a table.

The bathroom stunk of glade but was so filthy, we dared not sit on anything. This is a public building that should be clean. And the workers should not reek of offensive odors. I feel my nephew's evaluation would have gone smoother without the sensory assault.

Our governor needs to be more aware of the unprofessionalism in her own state rather that trying to get herself a job working for the president elect. Shame on her for subjecting taxpayers to such filth/stench.

It is dark and dank inside. My face broke out into a rash/hives waiting for an assessment for a child to obtain services.

The bathrooms look as though they have never been cleaned. Dust, filth, and dead mold flies everywhere. It was disgusting. I did not feel the floor had been vacuumed and the furniture was badly stained and at least 30 years old.

Who wants to sit and wait on furniture like that. I went to the breakroom...same filth. Ceiling tiles were stained or missing. I was told it was due to a leaky roof.

That explained my hives.

Leaks = mold. Insist your child be assessed somewhere else...which is clean.

We have worked for the state office as service coordinators for a few years. A few are new hires.

Some of us come in on weekends and work to 5pm each night. Then we are told that all of our jobs are gone affective this fall. We bust our bottoms and are treated this way. Then they give a raise to a male psychologist that comes in late, leaves early every day....and takes a half day off two days a week (he just leaves early).

When the manager leaves for a meeting, he scoots out. When you bring him stuff, he is playing on his phone, flirting with a secretary, or clipping his toe nails.

He gets a raise, we get cut! Your priorities are all messed up!!