Allegheny County Reviews

Pros

Great Benefits and great people

Cons

Workload is immense, staffing not adequate

Advice to Senior Management

Create more opportunities for growth and career advancement

Pros

Good salary, good vacation time off, I have nothing more to say I just want this to be over now.

Cons

forced overtime is always going to be a problem at the jail there is no way to provent it from going on.

Advice to Senior Management

They should let the corectional officer do their jobs and not try to get involved when they do not know what is going on.

Pros

the best reasons to work at Allegheny county are the benefits. There is a pension and good medical benefits. They also have a nice time off package with comp/personal/sick and vacation days. Overall the people who work there are nice

Cons

The management is either incompetent and have knee jerk reactions or there are departments that are not revenue generating so they have let them deteriortate to the point its embarrassing. And all that would be OK if they paid a decent salary. But if you are not a sheriff, your pay will suck and you are better off in the private sector.

Advice to Senior Management

Its 2010. Act like it.

Pros

Health benefits are great. They're one of the few companies that still offer a pension. There's a great level of job security.

Cons

Union membership is required for most job positions. Raises are much smaller than most companies. Salaries are much smaller for comparative job titles in other companies. Employees who are not part of the union receive raises only at the whim of the county. There is not much room for professional growth.

Advice to Senior Management

Become more knowledgeable about all aspects of what your workers do, instead of expecting they know what they're doing and doing it right.

Pros

The benefits and retirement plan, by far.

Cons

The salary-when starting. It does go up.

Advice to Senior Management

I would recommend promoting more people. Many do their jobs exceptionally well, while others do not.