Louisiana DEQ audit reveals low morale, internal tensions New Orleans CityBusiness

Louisiana DEQ audit reveals low morale, internal tensions New Orleans CityBusiness

A new workplace culture survey conducted by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor reveals low morale and growing discontent among employees at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, raising further questions about the agency’s leadership under Secretary Aurelia S. Giacometto. The survey, conducted in July 2024 and included in the latest audit report, gathered responses from 377 of the agency’s 712 employees, a 52.9% response rate. The fi…

LDEQ employees slam Aurelia Giacometto’s leadership in workplace culture survey • Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Aurelia Giacometto holds a press conference on July 1, 2024, at the Denka neoprene plant in LaPlace, La., to speak against a new EPA rule she says is unfair to the company. (Photo credit: Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)More than three quarters of state employees polled at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality said morale at the agency worsened last year, and nearly half had ne…