Pros
-Good pay -Allows you to work for a state agency without having to deal with state pay/regulations. (one works through a contract) -Allows WFH, depending on the state agency. I WFH two days a week -Allow for attending conferences and will pay for travel, food, lodging and price of attendace -Only have to go to their main headquarters once for in-person training when first hired. -Retirement matching after your first year -Can start contributing to retirement instantly -15 days off a year (Sick/personal/vacation). Sick and vacation accumulate with each pay period. No restrictions on which days you can/cant take off. if you want to take a week during Xmas, they have no issue
Cons
-Healthcare benefits/coverage stink -United Healthcare is the provider, under HPI (Health Plans Inc). They have bad coverage and high costs -Communication between supervisors and superiors could be better -MA has 7hr work days, but whichever state you're located in you have to work their minimum FTE hours. I work 7.5/week. -Not necessarily a con, but have to travel once a year for two full days at the end of March for a NEIWPCC Annual Staff meeting. They pay for everything but it is two days of boring stuff. In 2024 it was in NH. -No info on pay grades or promotions. No info is shown about how to even go about this on their employee website/pages.