State of Texas Reviews

Former Employee – worked at State of Texas full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – --Benefits are still fair and the pay can be low-average to average
--Most coworkers easy to get along with if uninspired

Cons – --Currently not a merit-based system, with less competent staff often found in management positions
--Limited appreciation for objectivity and fairness
--Upper management focused on keeping jobs at expense of good decision-making, limited or no risk-taking even when risk is minimal

Advice to Senior Management – Clean house. Ask employees at all levels for assessment of issues and problems. Listen.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at State of Texas full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – health insurance, flexible hours to extent, coworkers, learning new things

Cons – no raises, large workload, long hours

Advice to Senior Management – none to give to them

Current Employee – been working at State of Texas full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – No matter how bad the economy - they will always hire ....

Cons – Due to hiring about just anybody ... you end up working with inmates in more way than one.
A lot of nepotism ...
Benefit package dwindled down the drain in recent years.

Advice to Senior Management – Quit backstabbing your supervisors. Don't tell us one thing and then when the officers inquire about it you have no backbone to stand to what you ordered how you want it done.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at State of Texas

Pros – Benefits, job stability, and opportunity for advancement starting out

Cons – lower salary than compared to private, less opportunity for raises

Advice to Senior Management – Take a look at some of the management in place

Current Employee – been working at State of Texas

Pros – Some dept. offer flexible work schedules. Health and Dental insurance is one of the best. Observes more holidays than private secor.

Cons – Pay is not competitive. Most positions are salaried, may not get comepensated fo extra hours worked. Little room ofr career advancement

Advice to Senior Management – Improve on helping staff develop career path and advancement. Mangement should invest in more quality training and contionous training programs for staff.

Current Employee – been working at State of Texas

Pros – Time off with the family. Not as demanding as private sector.

Cons – Pay and lack of recognition

Advice to Senior Management – Hire managers that have experience in managing people

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at State of Texas

Pros – Great benefits, lots of holidays, decent amount of paid vacation, one of the few places you can work these days and received a retirement pension, stable job, casual atmosphere, the people who work there are very nice

Cons – A little on the boring side. A lot of sitting in front of a computer. It's a small agency, so we get screwed a lot by the legislature in terms of funding. We don't get a lot of the perks that larger state agencies get. Budget cuts hit us very hard.

Advice to Senior Management – It would be nice if you tried to hire/promote from within.

Former Employee – worked at State of Texas full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – helping others
decreasing the spread of disease
working with different organizations
good holidays and vacation time
better than average benefits

Cons – poor pay
no way increase to pay without applying for an open position because of constant budget cuts
poor leadership in some regions

Advice to Senior Management – do not rehire leadership that has already failed in another area - it's just not a smart practice

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at State of Texas full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Stable, good staff level employees

Cons – Bad Management and hriing of incompetent managers with little or technical background. Litlle chance for advancement

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at State of Texas

Pros – Easy to take time off, great benefits, very flexible schedule, friendly atmosphere

Cons – Few opportunities for advancement, government budget cuts=layoffs for many and zero chance for a raise or promotion for the rest, no respect if you are young, no plans for succession, workforce is aging out quickly

Advice to Senior Management – Work on building up your workforce by hiring and retaining young talent