DSS employees walk off the job

[@JuJuForexTrades]

Our Country and people are FINALLY fed up with our government catering to and coddling scumbags while good honest people suffer because of it. This won't be the lat time this happens...

[@kimgoode1591]

DSS workers are good honest people?

[@JamieKennedi]

It took these dummies long enough

[@peggyg7442]

Who voted for this?

[@Blue2crows]

Careful, those are Harris supporters

[@hubbabubba426]

@@Blue2crows Now why does it matter who they support,? People are tired of the govt. bullcrap that is going on. The judicial system is too lenient on crime in this country, with it be adults or kids.

[@missj8145]

The juvenile laws must change. The things the teens are able to get away with due to the laws is scary...

[@dicktracy5234]

What can they get away with ?

[@onemountainmamma]

It has been my experience that children in state custody are not faced with the same consequences that youth out of custody are. The judicial system often just sends them back to whatever placement they are already in. Also, there are not enough placements for the youth as foster care and group homes are seen as the best option for kids even if they belong in a more restrictive environment. Also, when a kid goes into custody and there is no placement, they live in the DCS offices until there is one.

[@AbsurdCats]

Something needs to be fixed before they become teens. This is an adult failure

[@susanobrien9917]

I worked in pediatrics for 30 years and worked closely with DSS and I can't tell you how HORRIBLE almost EVERY SINGLE PERSON I had to deal with when contacting them regarding endangered children 🤬 lazy, disgusting slackers who couldn't be bothered and it would take over five calls just to get a return phone call. Paperwork always incorrectly filled out or not handed in at all!!!! They should be thoroughly investigated EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE!!! There is probably one out of 100 that actually CARES!!!!! So glad I retired but I still think of all the BS to this day🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@thelaughingtiger146]

All I had to do is take a good look at them, inappropriate dress for a job.

[@LIFENFLIGHT]

THANK YOU!! DSS NEEDS TO BE FEDERALLY INVESTIGATED!! THEY ARE DESTROYING FAMILIES AND MENTALLY DESTROYING CHILDREN!!

[@Bklyn2SoCal]

That a leadership problem. You train them correctly, make expectations crystal clear, make sure all mgr's set a good example then you hold your employees accountable to those standards &; expectations in all aspects of their job, & then go about the business of coaching, encouraging & terminating those who don't get on board.

[@crinklecut3790]

I’m honestly amazed that any people take jobs in social services. The pay is horribly low, and they get dumped on by everyone. And a lot of those jobs require degrees that cost more than what the job pays.

[@Youshouldsmokeweed]

That's pure stupidity on they're part tho.

[@MootMoot0]

@@Youshouldsmokeweed Facts

[@ST-xg3gy]

I'm amazed this didn't happen sooner. The department has been so horribly run for decades now. Broken system. Sad state of affairs. Look what happened with the Housing Authority. Everyone there made all kinds of money, and people died due to the conditions. Richland County is a joke.

[@Knightcraft42]

I pray to God Trump gets rid of all social programs social security, SNAP, section 8

[@Pauly2Swole-1970]

Social Security is not a social program.

[@alexblake4202]

This was my DSS building. I slept on the floor with no blanket and didn’t shower or eat for two and a half days. It’s a joke for these “dss workers” to have to nerve to complain about a messy cubicle when the children they are supposed to be protecting and serving don’t even get the bare minimum in life. Disgusts me. Two or 3 of the women in this video were my caseworkers or people I dealt with. They will eat in front of a starving child, make racist and nasty comments at children, will drop you off and say they will be back and for many months don’t come back to check on you. f these people. They don’t care about children. Why don’t they talk about the inhumane treatment and living conditions of the children they’re suppose to be working to protect and help. Disgusted !

[@phoenixlee7949]

Before I saw your comment, I was thinking a few of those employees looked pretty sketchy

[@alexblake4202]

@@phoenixlee7949 oh it’s shocking who they allow to work so closely with vulnerable and abused children. Every case worker I EVER had was disgusting and horrible to me. They are in all honesty some of the trashiest and illiterate, mean and bitter people I have ever encountered. I pray that this is something people become aware of and the public pushes to have more transparency and higher regulation / standards for who is allowed to work with, serve, and protect children in the system.

[@ST-xg3gy]

Absolutely true. How do these people get hired?

[@clarissaspeaksthetruth8173]

I'm gonna continue to be a voice for the voiceless. DSS needs to be investigated by the Feds and The Dpt of Justice. We as parents have a responsibility to hold DSS accountable and to get involved and make sure the children of this State are being protected and taken care of. This isn't happening! The system is broken and needs to be totally reformed and restructed.This is embarrassing that an entire State Agency office walked off the job. This says a lot about how those workers feel. I can't say I blame them. I'm waiting to see if Michael Leach will keep his job. It's his job to clean this mess up!😢

[@tasham1673]

Looking at some of these clips in this video, this comment seems believable

[@anthonytoersh3401]

These workers have some of the WORST attitudes. The are lazy and inflammatory. Then when you retort, they do what they can to intentionally hinder assistance. This is in many states across the nation. Very poor mentality and slothful in function. The good ones go onto other careers or higher in the afmin ranks, but not enough from within, to change the bad attitudes.

[@ExceptionalLibra]

Correct

[@cakesaregood5176]

Looks like somebody’s feeding them well.

[@dicktracy5234]

95 percent of Americans are lazy . That's why I don't buy anything made in America. Everybody out for a check .

[@icelandviking1961]

@@cakesaregood5176your tax dollars.

[@gpfreak1]

By the looks of those people, I'm surprised they walked onto the job

[@tjodogify]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Avenue77]

😁😆😁

[@shawneeb8273]

Awww, the l1ç3 must be eating your brain cell

[@Kish-wm8tu]

That’s every system in every state. They do not discipline at all just ignore the behavior. It’s why they can’t keep foster parents, withhold how they really act and the real reasons they keep going to different homes.

[@ExceptionalLibra]

Men are few far and between at this place I see.

[@Opiemus]

To walk off the job would imply that they actually do a job. DSS is the most incompetent state agency I have encountered. They usually try and pawn their job off to local law enforcement or anyone else besides themselves. 😒

[@cakesaregood5176]

These people are eating well. Dang.

[@pinchebruha405]

Iq drops 25% when you get 30lbs obese

[@icelandviking1961]

Ain’t one of them have missed a lunch break.

[@Youcanthandlethetruth-n5b]

When you see this group of DSS "employees," you see EXACTLY what is wrong with the DSS.

[@valeriekehrt7566]

Why are they in that job then? This country is failing our young & elderly miserably. Nobody cares. 😢

[@Youcanthandlethetruth-n5b]

@@valeriekehrt7566 Lower salaries attract lower caliber employees, and you are a MILLION percent right about this Country failing our young and old alike!

[@Pauly2Swole-1970]

You hit the nail on the head.

[@dannyhayes664]

DSS is a waste of tax money.

[@andreward8268]

And what's your answer??

[@ericdwhitmorec]

Not to the people it helps, and we all know you won't help so...

[@cinnamonspice4389]

We risk our lives to protect these kids, and we take our job seriously to risk losing ours, which is unfairly unjust. These politicians need to stop their childish behaviors and start protecting the citizens that put them in power to protect us

[@clarissaspeaksthetruth8173]

@cinnamonspice4389 Our State Legislators and our Governor needs to sit down at a round table and speak with the kids, parents, DSS workers, foster parents and the new DSS Director on a solution to fix SC broken system.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

It comes with the territory. I work in a busy ER as an RN. It's almost exclusively one specific segment of society that causes 90% of the raging emotional problems we get.

[@kimgoode1591]

Don't be shy, say who you're talking about

[@kare7840]

Teens and twenty somethings?

[@GeckoHiker]

Yes, the white trailer dwellers and their teenagers are the worst.

[@BlueAvians]

There's a distinction between direct patient care and interacting with people seeking county financial aid. One requires physically touching people to perform the job whereas the other does not. There's no reason the city cannot install plexiglass barriers throughout the facilities to protect the workers from unstable clients. These barriers are at my county SS office for this very reason.

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

@@BlueAvians that has nothing to do with the comment.

[@clarissaspeaksthetruth8173]

I pray the Feds come down and start investigating South Carolina DSS. What is taking them so long to come down. Michael Leach needs to go! This is happening too often. Our kids aren't being taken of at those DSS offices. Those kids are acting out and reaching out for help from DSS hoping the news and the Public will help them. Our State Legislators job is to do something as well as our Governor. Who is supposed to protect our kids? Why is this constantly happening? All of us need to call The Dpt of Justice. Why are these kids even staying at that nasty, filthy DSS building? If DSS don't want to work their why would thisw kids want to sleep and live there. People are covering up for DSS. DSS take kids from families when their homes aren't clean, yet it's ok to house them as DSS nasty, filthy buildings. Something is wrong with this picture. It takes a village and that's us. We need to file complaints against DSS with the FBI and Dpt of Justice. Look at this childs comment and the deplorable conditions she had to live in. State of South Carolina should be ashamed of themselves running a corrupt State Agency with no oversight. DSS are the child abusers and neglecters by not taking good care of those kids. We have to do our part and reach out to Federal authorities. If the conditions are so deplorable why haven't the DSS workers called the Feds on Michael Leach? Leadership and accountability starts with him.

[@doriancoreyscloset421]

When i tell you Chris's eyebrows are *STAMPED* 😂

[@KreweOfBridge]

They are... something

[@LadyPLM]

😂😂😂

[@BlueAvians]

Way over manicured and arched 😅

[@jerryw5508]

I would favor the Mr Spock eyebrows. That way anything he says is interesting.

[@BillGates_Alex]

Robbie Rotten eyebrows

[@heartcorealchemist6774]

This should have been rectified. Please put people on there who really care.

[@mel...s]

The audacity. They walked off the job because 2 kids broke glass in their office? YALL ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF DEALING WITH EMOTIONALLY UNSTABLE CHILDREN!! Its like me walkinf off my job as a chef because i burned my hand. As a person who aged out of foster care i can attest to the laziness, apathy, disorganization with DCS employees. The main complaints should be high caseloads... but no this group of ppl are complaining about a bldgs condition and emotionally disturbed children. Do yall know how many foster kids are currently missing? Do yall know how many have died while in foster care? Google the available statistics and make sure its not a study done by DCS. ITS astounding how many children IN FOSTER CARE or under the supervision of DCS have been killed or are currenlt missing. Incompentency runs rampant in this department and they have the audacity to complain about the bldgs condition and the behavior of ABUSED CHILDREN?!

[@ericdwhitmorec]

Everyone is striking People are tired of "now is not the time" We are moving forward, whether you come or not (and that's on Harriet Tubman)

[@MichealMyers-o3q]

That's not the only thing they walked off on...

[@gsxr419]

People voted for this. There is no discipline or rule of law anymore. Just talk to them......

[@Kmart4599]

They were just getting a little exercise. They need more exercise from the looks of them.

[@chrislynch8914]

From the looks of them they can't walk very far. Check the closest fast food restaurant.

[@chastrell70]

The mall should really consider this carefully. Once you rent to a government agency the building becomes a public forum and will limit their ability to trespass people.

[@kaylee4394]

Who cares, they don’t actually work when on the clock

[@zeke5491]

Society is falling apart

[@crinklecut3790]

Our institutions have been rotted away from the inside out. I don’t know how this will ever get turned around. Everything has been corrupted.

[@atlhawksfan9330]

No men work there. That’s the problem.

[@TheRasta4ri]

These kids are out of control & nothing is more fearful than a kid pointing a gun @ you

[@user-ln8hp4vt5z]

Can you say you are FIRED? How Pathetically Criminal.

[@cynicannkeel8899]

Not surprised to hear this . The people who work for Social Services have been severely overworked, lacking the support to fulfill the many & wide ranging needs of the people they're hired to work with.

[@lonnybush5612]

These are employees? Nice dress code in that office. 🙄

[@carolynwheaton9884]

Nursing field have same problems.Please help.No men present, Caucasian, Latino, native American.

[@Harryjay6]

Dude's eyebrows are unacceptable

[@XenOLith-h3c]

HEADLINE: DSS workers walk out. Citizens claim department instantly runs better.

[@dealer1237]

The dude looks like the bad guy from Lazy Town.

[@angelahoward6256]

Bringing more children into the world just brings more problems for people who don't want them. And that includes the Federal government, The State, The County and the parents.

[@KushEnergy]

Civil service is the refuge for the incompetent.

[@danielemerson6833]

Can't handle some kids. That's their job.

[@kevingaddis7276]

Some animals can't be domesticated.

[@mikethemagnificent6631]

Looks like the only place they've walked to in years is the donut shop.

[@GK-sp2un]

I work with people who are “DHS involved” and a major overhaul or total shutdown will not happen. There are wonderful people who are scrambling to patch up the holes but they can only do so much. Some - emphasis on some - caseworkers are dishonest and unethical to the point where they should be criminally charged. It rarely happens but I’ve noticed a few cases lately so maybe there is hope. Any professional who is aware of these things but limited as to when and what they can report needs to keep copious notes so that when the time comes both the department and individual face the consequences.

[@Dane-o7q]

Waiting for their kids to get out of jail.

[@jasonz7788]

Protect these workers! These workers are not soldiers. Where I work same happens to staff!

[@sthcalguy3024]

Can you even imagine being in or around that building. No thanks.

[@hoosierplowboy5299]

"Eventually" means YEARS down the road...good luck, ladies...

[@crazydaisy1334]

We have the same problem here in Los Angeles, California. Our bureaucrats and leaders coddle, and they bow down to out of control, monsters, juveniles, and adults.

[@firefeethok_tui2355]

These ladies and gentlemen work very hard. They should not have to put up with violence or dishevled offices on top of it. They need support help. Todays youth are not the youth of yesterday and this is why they stay in the system. They arent raised right, are angry, hateful towards the parents who abused and ruined them and really, they have nothing to lose. The solution? Stop letting people who have these unwanted kids keep “parenting” them take them away when they’re very young and they have a chance of being adopted by people who want to have children.

[@casanova419]

I know a person that might want a job there. Instead never mind that person fell apart and broke down during a TV interview.

[@RumpelFourSkin]

Chris English isnt from England

[@mom4zaliegh]

KIDS WERE MOST LIKELY LIED TO. They should be held accountable for Forcing children into false statements in exchange for housing/ care. Speaking from experience

[@mickeyreyes78]

UPDATE...BLACK EMPLOYEES WALKED OUT!

[@smokingjoe9864]

They had to work!!!

[@JayRosenthal-wz7vm]

We should be funding our future, not wars in far away places

[@llotts0pns]

Tell that to Kamala and Joe, who just sent another 8 billion to Ukraine while storm victims here get $750 if they qualify and you have to do it by internet. Most of these people are just now getting power. FEMA is supposedly out of money and storm season just begun.

[@johnanthenreyes9028]

Bro, leave your eyebrows alone. That's just for women.

[@keithfleming6019]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@PINKBOIKWEEN]

Y'ALL BIRTHING THEM! 😂😂 🙄🙄 don't act like they JUST appeared on the earth 🌎! 😂😂😏🙄 Y'ALL CAN BLAME YOURSELVES!

[@Lew-w4s]

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DjM-rw6vi]

If it didn't make the news nobody would have noticed.

[@aviationphd]

Why is there even a Department of Social Services, get rid of it

[@seanrhone5306]

It takes a very special person to do this kind of work. They deserve better conditions and a raise!

[@MsNerdsRevenge]

Leave! They took all the money to care for their own. We were left with scraps. Let's get to the discussion of constant abandonment to deal with the onset of constantly being in Lack.

[@RumpelFourSkin]

😂 more government failure

[@daviddiehl-gy2sq]

Most the employees are on government assistance.

[@katiedid1851]

DSS has been broken In every state where I taught.

[@justlookingaround]

Notice you don’t see white employee.

[@LeeSmith-f4f]

They had to walk out to get a response.

[@LIFENFLIGHT]

GOOD FIND AN HONORABLE CAREER!! DSS SOUTH CAROLINA NEEDS TO BE FEDERALLY INVESTIGATED!!!

[@charlesstepp2083]

Looks like a fine group of employees 😂

[@oscarsmith6519]

Those women look very upset. They need to improve their coping skills. Apparently they are not using their word to deescalate behavior. Sad, so sad.

[@Lana-xi8mc]

All the children are victims of parents. the parents are not being made to help! Nothing is being done to hold the parents accountable just probation babies born addicted.Nothing for the childrens parents to be made to attend recovery and no testing to visit the children in State care.I as a person who has taken small children had no help from cps.I found zero help from the system. How can cps/ dss take children and not give children and babies the best of care mentally and physically! The system is broken...

[@shanna1518]

Did the reporter get his face from a jack-o'-lantern?

[@RobertMiller-ph6fs]

Inmates in charge of the asylum....what else is new

[@Blue2crows]

Illegals first said Kamala

[@themoretruthfultruth]

You sure can tell they are government workers, almost all toads.

[@RandomGuy-k7m]

The government is fed up with the government, BRUH. Seriously tho, dss staff are overworked, underpaid and under appreciated. If their offices are thay deplorable… how are the conditions for the children in their care?

[@dnyce3506]

I used to be stationed in Columbia FT. Jackson Richland County 😮

[@juancano8803]

I guess no chicken and kool-aid

[@madmarx1983]

I guess no fight for civil rights from your people that you enjoy today...

[@alanparadis5061]

So, they need a janitor and Jenny Craig...

[@greggjones244]

DEI

[@Jimmy_Picklez89]

They look more like DEI employees.

[@KreweOfBridge]

Lets all work together

[@keithadams812]

Lack of diversity is astounding

[@franklinbrandon5283]

Keisha's kidz i betcha 😂

[@blewis9270]

IRONIC! SINGLE MOM RAISED THOSE BAD KIDS AND I BET MOST THOSE WOMEN ARE SINGLE MOMS 😂😂😂😂

[@altair458]

The 13%

[@ronbelanger4113]

Not a good look for lots of those workers, less sugar and walking will help.

[@KyleSmith-d3u]

employees are greedy bullies

[@AmandaPanda-nq1do]

Close it down.

[@juancano8803]

Always Felicias 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@OrganikJewelz]

💪🏾

[@gregjames3001]

Stop tearing families apart & stupid crap will begin to deescalate , ,

[@davidbell4986]

And the department got more efficient.

[@copyprint-fz2hb]

none of them are under feed 🤣

[@ByttenizAmoron]

demand much higher pay before returning to work and when you go back ONLY give half production.

[@juancano8803]

Always Felicias never want to work Always excuses

[@Denzelswife-rb7qz]

them immigrants coming for those jobs lol

[@juancano8803]

Always blacks the kids blacks😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@77Arcturus]

This is some lame duck no consequences bs. What's next getting beat up by babies with their angry moms watching?

[@virgilbaker9135]

So what

[@gabbymiles5655]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@meganharris583]

Eyebrows

[@lindifuller9113]

😂