Michael Walsh is related to CEO Matthew Boyle and Director of Clinical Outreach for LR. August 31st is National Overdose Awareness Day, and Landmark put out a video to commemorate the day. While Landmark does this every year, it was ill-timed this year with all of the news surrounding the deaths and criminal investigations. Several former employees, myself included, and an admin for a Facebook group posted comments calling out LR. Michael decided to way in by saying, Makes me so F ing mad sometimes when I see ignorant people act like they are experts.” The Facebook admin and I are those “ignorant people.” Michael doubled down by replying to me with, “… you don’t know me, you saw me in a couple of zoom meetings-grow up and get a job.” I attempted to reply but I was blocked from the LR Facebook page. I was able to get screenshots prior to being blocked.
The Facebook admin tagged Michael in a post asking about the “ignorant people,” comment. Michael trippled down with the following comment, “… I’m referring to you and Jason specifically. Keep acting like High school kids – I’m sure you’ll make a great difference in the world. Today is overdose awareness day but I guess everyday is attack LR Day. How many treatment centers have you run? How many have you visited? How many Sentinel events have you experienced or investigated? Keep doing what you do…I’m sure you think your helping” I am sorry, Michael, that Landmark is finally being held accountable for the years of issues inside the facilities. The only people I know acting like they are still stuck in high school are in positions of Executive Directors and on the C-suite team. I have heard employees talking about people and patients behind their backs, constantly backstabbing, and playing games, all while towing the company line.
Michael wasn’t done and wanted to discredit me, “It’s not a PR stunt, it’s something Landmark has done since they started and your friend Jason seemed fine with what Landmark was doing and how they operated when he was on the payroll…you don’t find that suspect?” Michael wasn’t done. He replied with, “my reputation isn’t on the line because I take responsibility for my actions and decisions like a person in recovery is supposed to- in all my affairs. If you think you haven’t made comments that are totally opinion and little fact then you don’t spend enough time reading what you write and I’m not talking specifically about posts related to landmark. I’ll give you one little example of an opinion post – someone asked about why treatment centers take phones away and “I heard it’s to keep people against their will” was a fan favorite of your sycophants. Not one mention of the cameras that can take photos and be shared breaking people’s anonymity. How about people being distracted in Group or individual therapy? I can list at least 10 good clinical reason why people shouldn’t have phones in treatment but you and your fans wouldn’t really care about little things like that I imagine. we will agree to disagree…I have a vested interest in landmark just like every other program I’ve seen and that any other employee should have and I will wait until the facts come out wether in Landmarks favor or not because that’s what our justice system allows for in America. I’ll have no problem taking blame if I’ve done something wrong. I’ve got nothing to hide; my reputation will be judged by the people I respect and it won’t be on Facebook. You just keep doing what you do and I’ll do the same but if you think you’ve got some ownership on some moral high ground here maybe your the one who needs to take a look in the mirror.”
Here is my reply to Michael, “Wow, Michael Walsh, you brought a gun to a knife fight. I worked remotely as the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Manager. I worked remotely and only visited the home office twice for two-day stretches. I wasn’t privy to what was transpiring in the facilities. If I had known, I would have tendered my resignation and blown the whistle. I was unaware of an issue until Kyle Johnston posted in this group. I alerted my boss, Lisa Slate, as I knew that this matter needed to be investigated and addressed. Lisa Slate said that the ED was promoted to run PCLE when they never should have. They screwed up badly at their previous facility. I was privy to the issue of how Lisa could only pay vendors at the end of each month. The payment was all going to be resolved by selling several properties. The only legal issue I knew about was the private Christian school suing to stop Landmark. I was in the dark about the evil happening in facilities. It wasn’t until Friday, July 14th, that I was alerted to the deaths at Mishawaka that I started looking into Landmark. I spent my Saturday investigating Landmark and the comments being posted. When I saw that a C-suite employee made a joke about people being raped, I knew I had to do something—really referring to PSBN as Please Bend Me Over. That’s disgusting. What’s worse is that IT pulled the video and allowed anybody who wanted to watch it. I have been exposed to how evil Landmark is in the seven weeks since I started this website. You have staff sleeping with patients, trafficking drugs, teaching patients how to dissemble light bulbs to smoke drugs, staff raping patients and other staff, black mold in showers, fist fights, assaults, and at least one riot. I know of emergency exits being bolted shut, doors not properly closing, low staff counts, and being numbered by patients. I know about overdoses not being reported and how it was the standard operating procedure to prevent staff from dialing 911 or how staff was instructed not to turn over a patient’s belongings, cell phones, and wallets when they tried to leave on their own and against the staff’s recommendations. I know about patients being stuck at the airport because their credit cards failed. I know about employees embezzling money on multiple occasions. I know about staff and nurses stealing and using drugs. I know about the unpaid vendors and bills. I never knew about any of this and never signed up for it. I have been respectful, and you cannot have an adult conversation without name-calling. Once you start name-calling, you lose the argument. You called Melissa and me ignorant and high-school kids. You told me to grow up and get a job. Exposing and bringing down LR is my full-time job. LR is the poster child for everything that is wrong in the industry. I will make sure that NAATP and FARR know about what’s really happening inside of Landmark.
How would you like me to know? You can keep playing checkers, and I will play chess. I am more intelligent than you; you proved it for all to see. You think you got me, but all you do is admit that I worked for LR. You didn’t burn me like you thought you did. I have had better trolls than this. This is a 12-round fight, and we just started round two. Can you go all 12 rounds with me? I predict a KO in round 5. Then we will see who needs to grow, son.”
Michael only seems to focus on the deaths or incidents at Mishawaka. Mishawaka is not an isolated incident. The incidents I refer to happened at other facilities, and some happened at multiple facilities in different states. Landmark employees have relapsed from the stress they experienced while employed. I know of at least one employee who committed suicide. Current employees are walking on eggshells, wondering if they will be let go. This is a company in full chaos, with no end in sight. So excuse me, Michael, before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.