Cherokee Federal Reviews

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.

There is not enough space here. The entire Circus is dictated (intentional) by two men. The Cowboy cannot even understand what government contracting is about and the Ringmaster doesn’t care as long as Sales are up to give tons of money to the Stakeholder Community (Concessions) and zero internal improvements. Running it in the ground is still running it! (Read that again.) The reason other reviews on here from the worker-bees are about no leadership and an online only company is because first-line leaders do not have the authority, time or tools to give the workforce what they need. Broken internal departments include: recruiting (joke), security, finance, billing, A/P, HR, and the worst-of-worst is Subcontracts and they sit in the same tent as the cowboy. The government should think again about partnering with this circus. It is though this contracting company is built to do anything but contracting - they don’t understand what the work is. CFED cannot turnaround a subcontract in less than 5 months!! They have no pipeline requisition process so every contract hire starts at square-one. CFED cannot invoice accurately in the 1980’s processes they use and this frustrates customers. Internal process really do not exist and the support technology is broken. It is like bad-aids and duct tape hold this circus together. Ringmaster and cowboy want a vending machine company where everything is automated with broken technology, but because the Concession employees cried and whined at all the telework in federal contracting, everyone has to go back to the tent like its the 80’s. Successful companies have pivoted after COVID. CFED went back in time to Pee-Wee’s Big Top. Management vs Leadership means there is no leadership, which is a result of “flattening” your model. A small spot bonus to a great employee has to go all the way to the Ringmaster because the lion-tamers in the trenches have no authority, no discretion, no budget for even a $500 bonus….even if your project is reaping great profit. It’s all about the optics with the Concessionaire. For years the 2 “leaders” cried “we are just going through growing pains…” “as a result of our phenomenal revenue (read sales) growth” as the answer to why internal processes (read day-to-day operations) remain in shambles. AT WHAT POINT DOES GROWING PAIN JUST BECOME APATHY AND LAZINESS? Answer: look behind the new pretty Big-Top, it already did years ago. That’s why your good people are leaving in droves. Look around at who is no longer there. If one is far enough above reality, a beautiful shining light of hope….just might be an actual train wreck.