Gerald R. For Job Corps Center Reviews

Yes this place really sucks to live at and be at and the food is weird. Everyone is obnoxious and sometimes it can feel like you're constantly at odds with something or another. This place isn't a 5 star but I want to say don't let the bad things said deter you from coming here. I was here a couple years ago. I hated it all but I got my diploma and my trade certifications in MOS. It was worth it because I haven't been homeless since I left job Corp. If you go there to do your business you'll be fine. Would you rather be in the situation you're in now or go here have it suck for a few months and then be job ready and enjoy your life?

Graduated in 1990 great place to get a start on your career

I went in 2009 didn't help much made my life harder then it needed to be. I can now see that it hasn't changed. The head staff only care about making money an not about teaching. The staff teachers were overwhelmed an understaffed. To be far it should be shut down. The money they say they will pay you back in 2008-2009 was a lie only made around $40 every two weeks. I highly doubt they made any changes to that prior to then. The location isn't the greatest only reason it's still going is because a president went there an not because it's a safe place to be.

Ill be honest this place is more suited for miners the adult students are often punished for the younger kids actions and there's no separation in the age groups witch often creates drama and problems one side the staff can be alright but on the other they can often be very rude and have noticed them to pick favorites which cause them to be particularly more rude to other students to be honest overall the place is like a juvenile facility

This place would be a great place if staff listened to the students and one another. It is currently being led my the most obnoxious, arrogant, self-centered staff I have ever worked for. They undermine the staff in all areas of authority when publicly admonishing staff in front of the students. They have staff who are sleeping with other staff and students, clearly violating their own fraternization policy while being whole aware that this behavior is ongoing. HR & CD employs whole families that are working under their own family member s as their direct report. There aren t enough staff to teach the trades & its certifications. So, CDSS is lying and saying that it is not unethical or against MI DOE policy and that the center is not subject to MI DOE policy when approaching uncertified staff to teach trade certs. The former office administration instructor was told that they needed to be certified to teach OA
trade after 1.2 yrs of teaching the trade and then was told that she had to pay for the certifications themselves. They quit on the spot. I left the program because they came to me last month (October) trying to first lie to me then try to bully me into teaching the certifications after I my reluctance to do it. They are not letting go students when they have zero tolerance behaviors or are not progressing academically. There was a fight on the second floor that when staff called SPBO for assistance, they were told that they were in a meeting so staff had to ask a counselor to go get security just to help diffuse the fight. They are making all staff on center, including janitors find students jobs so that when students get survey calls after exiting program they can get their numbers met but they are not giving incentives to the staff for doing so unless the whole center meets its numbers. Keep in mind that the CTR (Outreach/Admissions - unaffiliated to center) gets an immediate $100 cash bonus when this placement takes place. Yet, they re not even the ones that placed the student. CNA trade hasn t been staffed since they took the contract over so they outsourced with Ross Medical that isn t even accredited to even get a job for the student in the field of study. One female student graduated from Ross and JC to go onto to work at Mercy Health as a Environmental Service Technician not as a CNA. They changed the whole salary/wage system to reflect over 88% of the staff as exempt employees so that they don t have to pay you overtime. The CD called a whole center meeting to check people about talking behind their back. The CD and its management team are all bullies, especially the CDSS who is its flunky and can t stand their own boss and talks horribly about them behind their back yet has become just like them. This center is led on personality and NOT character leadership. Staff need to take a look at their own personal ethics before attempting to demand students change theirs. This center has a history of male staff making inappropriate comments, gestures, and actually sleeping with the female and male students. One male staff who is still working there impregnated a female student and it went out over Facebook and the center knew it. Students are being bullied and the bullies are allowed to remain on center. One sub teacher makes racial disparities against other students who do not share their personal ethnicity or race. This center needs to be audited and investigated. They are driving students around in a van with a busted window which has to be a clear violation of safety policy. Students bring weed and other contraband items on center. Students can go to restaurants off-center and bring back liquids without them even being checked for added alcohol. Plus, the center is a supposed to have been a closed center, ordered by DOL, after a Florida JC student was killed by peers and this center stopped abiding by the policy without getting permission from the region authorities or DOL before doing so. I could go on but there is a character limit on reviews but I m sure you understand where I m going.

I currently go here and I don't not like most the staff because they blow situations way outta proportion and they spread students business like how kids gossip about each other but there are a few staff members I do like and can actually More

Dir. Jeffrey Jablonski was a hack, his cronies were bullies, wouldn't listen to anything a student had to say if it even remotely countered their own logic. Office admin, culinary and Med. Office Support were the only trades that actually tried to place you In a job that mirrored your training. The R.A staff were incredibly prejudice and constantly favored their own skin color over the others. Run like a military with non of the benefits of doing such. And absolutely no regard for mental health what so ever

The one bright spot is I got to meet a slew of great people that I'd consider my best friends

When I was in it about 5 years ago the culinary program was kinda a joke. The first floor was in the middle of a remodel so most of the training consisted of slicing up fruit in the cafeteria for lunch or answering questions at the end of each chapter in a book. Then when we finally got our kitchen back, we were supposed to get all new equipment as part of the remodel, but that didn't happen and the old stuff wasn't stored properly so it need to be deep cleaned before we could use it. The instructors were cool though and did the nest they could with what they had to work with

I ve read all the reviews and I feel bad for all the things that staff and students had to endure prior to 2021. Please trust and believe that things are going to change for the better under the direction of the new Center Director. Ethics, Moral, Respect, Training, and Hard-Work are some of his #1 Priorities. This will soon be a wonderful place to work for staff and an even better place for students to train and live. Things are going to turn around for the BEST. The Academic/CTT Director is the BEST that you could EVER ask for. Students & Staff will not be disappointed under their direction!!!