WSP, Why Not? - ITS Washington State Patrol Employee Review

Benefits and retirement are the main driving forces for people staying in this field.

Highly stressful, long hours, working weekends, nights, and holidays, poor work-life balance, and being on-call without getting compensated for it.

The pay is fantastic, and there is a lot of room for growth.

This agency is heavily stuck in the past, and does not have a clear sense of direction. It is riding on the momentum of the past, and has a chief who started his career in the 1970's. He is out of touch with the direction the agency needs to go in the future. There are good people all over the agency doing good things; however, there is no one really steering the ship.