Worst Company I’ve Ever Worked For - Human Resources Specialist Cherokee Federal Employee Review

1.0
24 Dec 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some decent people not in management who are kind and willing to help. The 401k is good, but otherwise, nothing.

Cons

Bilby is not a capable business president. He hires people to do jobs then micromanages the hell out of everything to the point of preventing progress, nor does he fund things he says he wants. He just expects them to magically happen. Then, you become scapegoated for why it doesn’t get done. My bonus was cut in half, without any notice or feedback, because Bilby tells himself a narrative about why stuff didn’t get done that always involves blaming other people and doesn’t involve his own role in the matter. They fired me four days before Christmas, without cause (despite my leaders telling me I was doing a good job), and if I want to appeal it, I have to open an actual court case with the Cherokee nation kangaroo court in Oklahoma, in person. There’s no unemployment benefits because they have “tribal exemption,” nor any avenue for discrimination or hostile work environment claims. When I was hired, I had to negotiate for more than two weeks of PTO as an experienced hire. Combine this with the fact that they performed incredibly well working virtual during covid and reduced their attrition, only for Bilby to force people back in the office (which increased attrition again), the picture of this company shouldn’t be any more clear. They do not give a rat’s last dump about any of their employees.

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5.0
30 Oct 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great project to worked with and a lot of opportunities to grow.

Cons

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2.0
17 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Note: this is regarding an experience with an acquired company of CFed's, who still act as their own kingdom not necessarily CFed themselves. Aside from interviewing and being hired for a particular role and doing a great job at it and then being told that they require a different skillset a few months later on top of delivering a broken system after 2+ years of work to a high profile military client, they are not a bad company for whom to work :). They are in a very crowded space (fed gov consulting) and try their best. They also do their best to maintain decency internally when their gut instincts tell them not to. CFed themselves did get these right: - IT Helpdesk: the best in the business! - Onboarding - Benefit Communications - Technology and Security related messaging - Compliance Training

Cons

Most of the Cons were noted in the Pros.

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