Pros
8-4:30 job with an hour off for lunch, descent pay, stable work (not going to get laid off), weekends off, health benefits, pension, paid vacation & sick, etc. (all the typical government benefits), flex scheduling after you’ve been there a while, county wide classes on wellness, health, conflict resolution, etc are occasionally offered.
Cons
75 hour bi-weekly pay period (not 80, surprisingly), dental doesn’t kick in for 6 months after you start, sick leave accrues at 2 hours a pay period for the first year, and $40 union dues every paycheck. Training on the fundamentals like the ordinance, applications, software programs, and forms is non existent- have to ask your co-workers everything, sedentary work environment behind the computer majority all day everyday, little to no office culture, filled with some baby boomers who have a half glass empty mentality and are not happy to still be there but for some reason or another haven’t retired yet. The work environment is like sitting in a library most days with the lack of substantive communication amongst co-workers in the department.
