The purpose of this thread is to simply give Corporate a voice. After reading through the numerous posts, it is quite evident, we are all in a consensus that Castle is corrupt. We at corporate feel the exact way you all are feeling if not worst. We have to constantly walk on egg shells. In constant fear that if we speak out then we will be fired by retaliation from the regime. Yes, Steve and his minions are like a regime. Steve can walk up to you and disrespect you directly to your face. And you must take it. Who do we go to complain? Hr? We JUST found out that we now have a Director of HR. That was a complete shock. The person who they made Director of HR is Steve's right hand. We were told he was brought to Castle to help open our clinics on Dots on the Map. Guess that flopped. What we all find strange is why would he be appointed as Director of HR when we had a HR in place? This is the same person who worked with Steve to work on that God awful handbook. How do you go from unlimited PTO to two weeks? No maternity leave, jury duty, sick days and wait.....no bereavement. That handbook was clearly copied and pasted from multiple handbooks. What do they think we are, stupid? clearly. We also questioned Steve's qualifications for this job. Has he ever worked as a CFO before? if so, i would be shocked. That man is the most disrespectful human being I have ever encountered. We have complained multiple times about him and nothing gets done. Try going to Cortney or Kayla. They have no real HR power. Just doing HR duties. Who really thought that "open forum" would really enact change? Scott did what he always does. Say a Patton like speech then throw money (memorial day bonus) to us. Thanks Scott! I wish i could afford to take my kids on a huge vacation just like you! We are all underpaid and unappreciated but we stayed at Castle for years because at a point, it was worth it all. Scott made us feel like he cared about us. But come on people. Scott knows what is going on. He doesn't care! This man is not dumb. The only way change will happen is if we stopped hiding behind our computers and fight.
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The purpose of this thread is to simply give Corporate a voice. After reading through the numerous posts, it is quite evident, we are all in a consensus that Castle is corrupt. We at corporate feel the exact way you all are feeling if not worst. We have to constantly walk on egg shells. In constant fear that if we speak out then we will be fired by retaliation from the regime. Yes, Steve and his minions are like a regime. Steve can walk up to you and disrespect you directly to your face. And you must take it. Who do we go to complain? Hr? We JUST found out that we now have a Director of HR. That was a complete shock. The person who they made Director of HR is Steve's right hand. We were told he was brought to Castle to help open our clinics on Dots on the Map. Guess that flopped. What we all find strange is why would he be appointed as Director of HR when we had a HR in place? This is the same person who worked with Steve to work on that God awful handbook. How do you go from unlimited PTO to two weeks? No maternity leave, jury duty, sick days and wait.....no bereavement. That handbook was clearly copied and pasted from multiple handbooks. What do they think we are, stupid? clearly. We also questioned Steve's qualifications for this job. Has he ever worked as a CFO before? if so, i would be shocked. That man is the most disrespectful human being I have ever encountered. We have complained multiple times about him and nothing gets done. Try going to Cortney or Kayla. They have no real HR power. Just doing HR duties. Who really thought that "open forum" would really enact change? Scott did what he always does. Say a Patton like speech then throw money (memorial day bonus) to us. Thanks Scott! I wish i could afford to take my kids on a huge vacation just like you! We are all underpaid and unappreciated but we stayed at Castle for years because at a point, it was worth it all. Scott made us feel like he cared about us. But come on people. Scott knows what is going on. He doesn't care! This man is not dumb. The only way change will happen is if we stopped hiding behind our computers and fight.
I say take maternity leave and see what happens. If they fire you, then they can deal with a major suit.
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The purpose of this thread is to simply give Corporate a voice. After reading through the numerous posts, it is quite evident, we are all in a consensus that Castle is corrupt. We at corporate feel the exact way you all are feeling if not worst. We have to constantly walk on egg shells. In constant fear that if we speak out then we will be fired by retaliation from the regime. Yes, Steve and his minions are like a regime. Steve can walk up to you and disrespect you directly to your face. And you must take it. Who do we go to complain? Hr? We JUST found out that we now have a Director of HR. That was a complete shock. The person who they made Director of HR is Steve's right hand. We were told he was brought to Castle to help open our clinics on Dots on the Map. Guess that flopped. What we all find strange is why would he be appointed as Director of HR when we had a HR in place? This is the same person who worked with Steve to work on that God awful handbook. How do you go from unlimited PTO to two weeks? No maternity leave, jury duty, sick days and wait.....no bereavement. That handbook was clearly copied and pasted from multiple handbooks. What do they think we are, stupid? clearly. We also questioned Steve's qualifications for this job. Has he ever worked as a CFO before? if so, i would be shocked. That man is the most disrespectful human being I have ever encountered. We have complained multiple times about him and nothing gets done. Try going to Cortney or Kayla. They have no real HR power. Just doing HR duties. Who really thought that "open forum" would really enact change? Scott did what he always does. Say a Patton like speech then throw money (memorial day bonus) to us. Thanks Scott! I wish i could afford to take my kids on a huge vacation just like you! We are all underpaid and unappreciated but we stayed at Castle for years because at a point, it was worth it all. Scott made us feel like he cared about us. But come on people. Scott knows what is going on. He doesn't care! This man is not dumb. The only way change will happen is if we stopped hiding behind our computers and fight.
You're saying this while hiding behind your computer....if this is true, You have a lot of legal ground to stand on. Speak up and you're protected. If you get fired, they have to pay the consequences. Literally.
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The purpose of this thread is to simply give Corporate a voice. After reading through the numerous posts, it is quite evident, we are all in a consensus that Castle is corrupt. We at corporate feel the exact way you all are feeling if not worst. We have to constantly walk on egg shells. In constant fear that if we speak out then we will be fired by retaliation from the regime. Yes, Steve and his minions are like a regime. Steve can walk up to you and disrespect you directly to your face. And you must take it. Who do we go to complain? Hr? We JUST found out that we now have a Director of HR. That was a complete shock. The person who they made Director of HR is Steve's right hand. We were told he was brought to Castle to help open our clinics on Dots on the Map. Guess that flopped. What we all find strange is why would he be appointed as Director of HR when we had a HR in place? This is the same person who worked with Steve to work on that God awful handbook. How do you go from unlimited PTO to two weeks? No maternity leave, jury duty, sick days and wait.....no bereavement. That handbook was clearly copied and pasted from multiple handbooks. What do they think we are, stupid? clearly. We also questioned Steve's qualifications for this job. Has he ever worked as a CFO before? if so, i would be shocked. That man is the most disrespectful human being I have ever encountered. We have complained multiple times about him and nothing gets done. Try going to Cortney or Kayla. They have no real HR power. Just doing HR duties. Who really thought that "open forum" would really enact change? Scott did what he always does. Say a Patton like speech then throw money (memorial day bonus) to us. Thanks Scott! I wish i could afford to take my kids on a huge vacation just like you! We are all underpaid and unappreciated but we stayed at Castle for years because at a point, it was worth it all. Scott made us feel like he cared about us. But come on people. Scott knows what is going on. He doesn't care! This man is not dumb. The only way change will happen is if we stopped hiding behind our computers and fight.
Posted at 2:30am est....um, yeah....isn't Rob still out west?
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The purpose of this thread is to simply give Corporate a voice. After reading through the numerous posts, it is quite evident, we are all in a consensus that Castle is corrupt. We at corporate feel the exact way you all are feeling if not worst. We have to constantly walk on egg shells. In constant fear that if we speak out then we will be fired by retaliation from the regime. Yes, Steve and his minions are like a regime. Steve can walk up to you and disrespect you directly to your face. And you must take it. Who do we go to complain? Hr? We JUST found out that we now have a Director of HR. That was a complete shock. The person who they made Director of HR is Steve's right hand. We were told he was brought to Castle to help open our clinics on Dots on the Map. Guess that flopped. What we all find strange is why would he be appointed as Director of HR when we had a HR in place? This is the same person who worked with Steve to work on that God awful handbook. How do you go from unlimited PTO to two weeks? No maternity leave, jury duty, sick days and wait.....no bereavement. That handbook was clearly copied and pasted from multiple handbooks. What do they think we are, stupid? clearly. We also questioned Steve's qualifications for this job. Has he ever worked as a CFO before? if so, i would be shocked. That man is the most disrespectful human being I have ever encountered. We have complained multiple times about him and nothing gets done. Try going to Cortney or Kayla. They have no real HR power. Just doing HR duties. Who really thought that "open forum" would really enact change? Scott did what he always does. Say a Patton like speech then throw money (memorial day bonus) to us. Thanks Scott! I wish i could afford to take my kids on a huge vacation just like you! We are all underpaid and unappreciated but we stayed at Castle for years because at a point, it was worth it all. Scott made us feel like he cared about us. But come on people. Scott knows what is going on. He doesn't care! This man is not dumb. The only way change will happen is if we stopped hiding behind our computers and fight.
I applaud you for breaking your silence &
Practicing your Freedom of Speech...? Working under
Those conditions is Horrible.... Your right Scott isn't going
To do anything about it.. He has placed these control freaks
In these positions for his own personal reasons. The
Arrogance of them to think past & current employees
Won't start litigation against them is so typical Castle.....
Castle has a terrible reputation in the lab industry &
Will continue to lose clients...
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I think it was a good post. I see someone in distress. typing at 2 in the morning can be from the inability to fall asleep because of the stress. I shake my head at those who boil it down to "If you don't like it, leave". Most have bills to pay. Yes it's just a job, but it pays the bills. Even if the economy is improving, jobs aren't that easy to find. If you have one, you try to keep it. Law suits cost money. A lot of us can't afford it, a group of us may be able to.
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I feel bad that I have stereotyped corp employees. The sales force was treated poorly by Steve and a few of his people. I automatically thought that the entire billing dept were jerks. I apologize and feel bad that you have to be in the same building as these jerks! Must be awful!
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I feel bad that I have stereotyped corp employees. The sales force was treated poorly by Steve and a few of his people. I automatically thought that the entire billing dept were jerks. I apologize and feel bad that you have to be in the same building as these jerks! Must be awful!
And be careful who you confide in. People will get close to you and even come off as siding in your favor, just to pass the information on to build a case to dump you. The culture isn't what it is, simply about profits. it's thing if they didn't hype up this whole start up/family atmosphere, but it's another when it's cutting anyone who speaks up.
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And be careful who you confide in. People will get close to you and even come off as siding in your favor, just to pass the information on to build a case to dump you. The culture isn't what it is, simply about profits. it's thing if they didn't hype up this whole start up/family atmosphere, but it's another when it's cutting anyone who speaks up.
This is so true. Of course there is an open door policy, but you'll turn around and be fired by speaking up to anything or anyone.
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After reading most all of the posts here I think I can guess very accurately why that group of top salespersons left Castle and started their own lab services. If all of this, which has been posted happened to them I see why they left and took as much business with them at possible.
Absolutely no doubt it will happen again to Castle if Scott doesn't change. There is no one else to put blame on except Scott. He isn't dumb he is playing with all of us like toys.
Absolutely no doubt it will happen again to Castle if Scott doesn't change. There is no one else to put blame on except Scott. He isn't dumb he is playing with all of us like toys.
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Something else Scott and DVPS don't know. If you treat your top salespeople like crap it will makes it very easy for top paying tox labs to recruit your best sales talent. Everyone knows the best way to get business in sales is to buy it. What do you think your best sales people are going to do when one of the top tox companies offers them big bucks to switch companies? A nice big contract will follow the offer with a guarantee for one year at least so blow off your noncompete.
You arrogant fools will loose again because you don't know how to manage sales people. Good to great sales people are worth their weight in gold. You treat them like dumbasses. the harder it becomes to gain sales volume will initiate companies buying other companies best sales people. Scott your best sales people are so vulnerable to another big tox company cherry picking them it's craZy. 35% for the first year commissions will cut a lot of ties. Figure out what your paying your best reps and compare it to $150.00 per sample! WOW WOW WOW. You are exposed Castle. Specially when you fired them.
Also, what are the chances that a too tox sales rep will come over to Castle after all of this has been posted about Castle?
Keep training them for the other companies. I figure by the time you realize your mistake it could be too late.
Have a nice day
You arrogant fools will loose again because you don't know how to manage sales people. Good to great sales people are worth their weight in gold. You treat them like dumbasses. the harder it becomes to gain sales volume will initiate companies buying other companies best sales people. Scott your best sales people are so vulnerable to another big tox company cherry picking them it's craZy. 35% for the first year commissions will cut a lot of ties. Figure out what your paying your best reps and compare it to $150.00 per sample! WOW WOW WOW. You are exposed Castle. Specially when you fired them.
Also, what are the chances that a too tox sales rep will come over to Castle after all of this has been posted about Castle?
Keep training them for the other companies. I figure by the time you realize your mistake it could be too late.
Have a nice day