St. Vincent de Paul Society — Local services in Oakland

I currently attend here in the shelter and I gave myself to God I have issues sleeping cause staff like to have loud conversations while we sleeping it's no respect for sleep everyone gotta bequiet after 10 accept them they can be loud so I bring it to the staff attention cause I here then gossiping about another co worker that they don't like so I approach them saying I hope this drama don't carry on tell night time and they gone accuse me of telling them to bequiet which I never said that all I was saying respect people's sleep they got in they feelings I'ma person that help out volunteer I come today to volunteer and they say I can't do it so it's really weird cause every sense my change and me being sober I've been in real good spirits but they wanna lable me as a person that was rude or I don't even know I'm really lost but u can tell the staff is just here for a pay check that's it and all don't care bout no one and it was most likely the head honcho that's a female she has something against me from the beginning we never said a word but when I did try to talk to her bout something she gone ignore me and walk away very unprofessional I will never understand what they got going on I'm just gone keep to myself and only be here to sleep that's it...

Jackie at coorperate NEVER answers. She said she would help my family of four with temporary rental assistance. Firstly she was very rude when we spoke in the phone, secondly, she never called back. We never got the assistance we needed, and there is no other way but through her. She doesn’t answer the phone, I’ve called throughout all hours of the day.

Update** she called me back after I continuously called her from 11 am through 3 pm yesterday, with no answer. Jackie then proceeded to lecture me, and state she was in a “meeting” for the entirety of her work shift. I told her the front desk woman at saint de Paul told me to keep calling her because she should be answering as that is her only job to do. She then told me that I was lying! I’m reporting her to the bbb, ive never spoken to anybody so rude and disgusting as a phone operator. Truly, any family reaching out to her for help I am so sorry, don’t...

The environment is unsafe and staff are extremely hostile and defensive when asked simple questions I came by to pick up diapers for my toddler because they give away free diapers. Front desk lady head was twitching very hard while typing she looked like she was not having the best of days but I was meet with what u want.very rude and I immediately felt the negative energy I looked around and the security guard wasn’t even paying attention to anything going on in the room which made me feel unsafe because what if something happens and there not even paying attention because there are people who sit in the blue chairs and walk around un supervised when the guard was paying attention just staring at my wife and was making her feel very uncomfortable this place is not worth the hassle and truthfully y’all need some respect for...