Does Kern County pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Kern County employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Kern County. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Kern County?

53% of Kern County employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Kern County 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Kern County?

Social Worker (3) , Administrative Coordinator (2) , Appraiser II (2) , Attorney (2) , Code Compliance Officer (2) , Deputy County Counsel (2) , Engineer (2) , Fiscal Support Specialist (2) , Fiscal Support Technician (2) , Human Service Technician (2) , Human Services Technician III (2) , Office Services Assistant (2) , Social Service Worker (2) , Technology Services Manager (2) , Technology Services Supervisor (2)

What are the pros of working at Kern County according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits but not great" ((in 19 reviews)); "good people within a good orgnaiztion" ((in 12 reviews)); "Great staff and coworkers in the field" ((in 3 reviews)); "Good health benefits" ((in 3 reviews)); "Good work life balance." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Kern County according to real employee reviews?

"Pay is low and some departments tend to have that good ol boy environment" ((in 13 reviews)); "Bad management no direction for team work" ((in 9 reviews)); "There was no training and you were expected to learn all the steps involved in your job on your own." ((in 5 reviews)); "Underpaid and unable to give raises due to budget" ((in 4 reviews)); "Supervisors are caddy and only in it for themselves." ((in 3 reviews))

Kern County Reviews

3.5

53% would recommend to a friend

(139 total reviews)

Michael J. Rubio

54% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Kern County has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 139 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Kern County employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government and public administration industry (3.6 stars).

Reviews by job title

139 reviews

3.0

23 Jan 2015

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great benefit package Great advancement potential

Cons

"Good ole boy network" Managers who have risen to their state of obsolence and stay on board only to increase their retirement pay Lack of best utilization of their hardest worker My department's administrator was a bully

1.0

30 Mar 2016

Dont bother unless you have ZERO motivation to excel.

Evidence technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Medical Benefits, If you are lazy and want to do nothing and never advance, this is the place for you.

Cons

No room for motivated driven people, Benefits are not great, Issues never get resolved, management is non-responsive to problems, endless meetings, no room to advance, no promotions from within, Bernie Sanders dream

2.0

9 Feb 2016

Human Services Technician III

Human services technician iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Lots of overtime which could be used as vacation days. Not too much responsibility, and there is a good work/life balance.

Cons

Micromanaging, boring, underpaid. There is no room for creative freedom. It's really a dead-end job where they talk about how good the benefits are, but in reality they're not any better than private sector jobs.

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Dont bother unless you have ZERO motivation to excel.

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