BREAKING NEWS – Washington, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) which is a federal consumer watchdog agency, has been beset by complaints of retaliation and discrimination, according to the Washington Times. Among the complaints are that managers retaliated against employees for comments or questions that they didn’t like by denying vacation time, refusing internal requests for promotion, and hiring unqualified acquaintances who would have to be trained by employees in lower positions. Director Richard Cordray responded to the published report stating, “I do not feel obligated to address these internal problems, because the purpose of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is to protect consumers, not disgruntled employees. Thus, I will only get involved, providing that these same people have an issue with faulty products outside of the workplace”.