As complaints with Houston’s Solid Waste operations keep rising, the department’s interim director on Wednesday revealed it has had some employees in the director’s office not working 40-hour weeks, others flying in the face of a return-to-work city ordinance and working from home, and potential credit card abuse.
Larrius Hassan, the Solid Waste interim director, gave a report to Houston council members as the department faced criticism from some of its employees for the department’s shortcomings during the council’s public comment period last week.
Complaints in Solid Waste are up across the board since the previous director Mark Wilfalk resigned from his position in March, according to 311 data…