City Of Modesto Reviews

Lack of knowledge on safety, good ole' boy system, not cultural diverse, Safety problems, and poor engineering, poor oversight of expensive projects. Low pay scale of comparable positions.

The pay is abysmal- I am paid minimum wage to manage a classroom of 30+ Jr. High students at a public junior high school. This should be a major embarrassment for the city. In addition, we are severely understaffed, and the children's education and safety is compromised as a result. Our students also suffer because of our ridiculous hour caps imposed by the City- we are not allowed to work more than 19 hours in a week, and these hour caps frequently force us to work off the clock, illegally. In addition, due to the hour caps, my co-workers frequently have to leave early. As a result, I have been forced to manage over 50 students on my own on a somewhat regular basis- this is a safety hazard and a liability. The management is ineffective and does not pay credence to our mistreatment. Rather than having extra time to plan and prepare our lessons, we are forced to attend idiotic meetings in which we are yelled at by our supervisor for being ineffective staff- what all of the supervisors fail to realize, however, is that the hour cap and poor rate of pay prevent us from truly dedicating ourselves to our work here. Many of us are balancing 3+ jobs and school in order to make ends meet- $140 a week for being an education professional, teaching a full classroom of students, is simply ridiculous.