City of Houston Reviews

Current Employee – been working at City of Houston full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – The people below management emediate supervisors

Cons – the benifits are getting worse

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at City of Houston full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – You serve in a problem solving mode and make things happen as they should

Cons – Long Hours beyond 40 hours a week.

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

Current Employee – been working at City of Houston full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – At one time, great benefits as a tradeoff for poor salary. In bad financial times, the city did not WANT to afford to give raises, so they provided better benefits (vacation days, pension, etc).

Cons – When times are tough, the city attacks benefits and forgets why we received them. The city is quick to forget deals they make for political reasons. You work for over 20+ years with the understanding of what's at the end-of-the road.. then, they change the deal.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop electing the people you do for Mayor and City Council.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at City of Houston

Pros – it was a cool place to work

Cons – favoritism among the people in management

Advice to Senior Management – do better

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at City of Houston full-time for less than a year

Pros – Flexible Schedule's, yep thats just about it..

Cons – Lazy Employee's, too many procedures, salary, gossip, drama, work load, thristy old men, and bitter old women....yep

Advice to Senior Management – Take more time to get to know your employee's.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at City of Houston full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – You have a work/life balance

Cons – It is hard to move up.

Advice to Senior Management – Take into consideration what your employees have to say because they actually do the work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at City of Houston full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Work with different departments, good exposure to different work areas, hepls you develop professionally, build partnerships with external agencies

Cons – Lower salary is part of city job, high stress environment, slow at adapting to new projects or demands, overworked employees, low morale. Very political work environment and people who "kiss ass" to get promoted (even if they don't deserve such promotion). Shady and untrustworthy employees. Not good for overall career growth.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to employees' concerns, show your appreciation for employees, be open to new ideas and changes that can help your department be more successful. Open communication is necessary in working in a successful office, be more open with your employees. Be considerate of ALL your employees, whether or not you have a favorite. Employee morale is important to the overall productivity of the office.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at City of Houston part-time for less than a year

Pros – Get to know other lifeguards, almost full time for a seasonal job, good starting pay

Cons – upper senior management do not care about lifeguards at all, they see lifeguards as expendable even though almost all pools were understaffed

Advice to Senior Management – treat your workers with respect, encourage them to do a good/better job, DO NOT threaten them

Current Employee – been working at City of Houston full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Benefits, a lot of free time, you get 3 personal days if you dont use sick days, pay is okay.

Cons – pay is way below compared to the corporate world, not enough room for advancement/growth, insurance sucks now that they turned to Cigna, a lot of kiss asses here, go under the heads desk for more money or promotions.

Advice to Senior Management – I liked upper management when i first hired on, but now its just relatives helping each other out, in their own little world. I plan on leaving ASAP.

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 City of Houston full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – It's a job and that's is all it is.

Cons – Pay, politics, and good old boy system

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