Comments on: USDA Inspection Offices

By: Kelly Brown

Kelly Brown — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:58:13 +0000

Great post! I’ll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software!

By: UpItyUP

UpItyUP — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:34:12 +0000

I appreciate the changes and investment you have made to your website, It shows a reinvestment and commitment you have made to your customers. Keep up the great work!!! One day you will be in the same position that the company I work with. The year end bonus is great!!!!!! The only thing I got from USDA was a reminder the we are not to take anything from the vendors (Oh, I forgot, the year end card with the stamped signatures was great). The rewards with private industry far surpass the past faux gratitude!!! Dave Lewis , where are you now????

By: PBB

PBB — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:53:28 +0000

You must be speaking of the Pittsburgh fiasco. I doubt the USDA will be able to pull this one off. They are going to charge a select few applicants an extremely high contract fee, guaranteeing the inspector’s salary, benefits and USDA overhead in Washington, DC. This is grossly unfair to the Pittsburgh market applicants, leading to an unfair marketing “disadvantage” compared with their competition. And the big question- what will the USDA charge for inspections to those applicants in Pittsburgh that do not sign on to this contract of extortion? NO WAY this happens folks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:09:30 +0000

I hear through the grape vine that the trend is to contract for inspections services; to guarantee the inspectors salary, benifits and HQ overhead. Has anyone else heard of that trend???

Can anybody sign the contact and farm the inspector out?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:24:43 +0000

We keep hearing over and over how well the inspection service is doing now. Why are offices closing and why are inspectors being let go?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:04:47 +0000

you are wrong about the morale and also about HQ.
Problem has been that the inspectors are too busy not getting out there and doing inspections.
The foot soldiers are the ones to bring in the revenue.
Have they? NO!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:40:06 +0000

Morale? The morale in the USDA inspection offices is at an all-time low. Word came from management that 13 federal inspectors will be losing their jobs this month. Not HQ staff, but inspection staff. Some offices are being slated for closure, and the remaining offices will have a skeleton crew. All this is happening during a horrible time with the economy. If only management had done their job and kept the HQ spending in control, things would be different, much different.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:06:22 +0000

When you are good they come to you. I have had quite a few offers in the past. Some of them were laughable, most were serious but not quite the money I needed to switch. Be professional, effecient and don’t be a jerk.

Lucy says: Be on the train when it leaves the station.

By: annoymuss

annoymuss — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:58:25 +0000

Hey, ADVISE, how do I get a job like yours?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:58:07 +0000

ADVICE to all the people that are hanging on by their fingernails: There is life after USDA and it is great. I work for a private company and we do a Daily Profit % at the end of each and every day. (Note I did not have the word “LOSS” in the sentence.) Now that would be an challenge for the FEIRS I.T. staffers.

Lucy says: They call it work for a reason.