Reorganization gave employees ‘roadmap’ to success
Joanie Whitley, interim director of human resources for Sarasota County, Fla., explains how the county reorganized to cut budgets and created new paths for employees to follow to advance their careers.
In 2007, faced with budget cuts and a hiring freeze, Sarasota County, Fla., began reorganizing its workforce to make it smaller and more efficient. The changes, including layoffs and restructuring, reduced the county workforce from 2,430 full-time employees in 2007 to 2,065 full-time employees in 2012. American City & County spoke to Joanie Whitley, interim director of human resources, about the changes.
