Penny Wise and Pound Foolish - Anonymous employee King County Employee Review

3.0
Jun 10, 2024
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits, including healthcare, dental, vacation and sick leave. Remote work is allowed. A union shop. Many talented and hardworking coworkers. The top leaders have excellent vision for environment, social services, public safety.

Cons

Too many layers of middle management. Redundant tracking systems requiring much manual data entry. Repetitive menial tasks that should be automated. Micromanagement. Projects underfunded. Products not implemented fully according to vendor recommendations, resulting in failures. High-stress environment due to poor decisions and practices of management.

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Cons

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4.0
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Cons

Can feel like you’re being micro managed or watched from the top at times but middle management is usually good at mitigating this.

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