County of Sacramento Reviews

Pros

Sac County is a pretty stable environment for the most part. The economy really wrecked that for everyone. However, more stable than most.

Cons

When there are layoffs then tenure is the word. Unfortunately alot of people with senorityare just clocking time. It dealing with the clockers that the public gets weary and the performance based emplyees get dissatisfied. Unfortunately there are alot of people promoted into mgmt here that don't have any clue and would not survive if they had to work private sectore. That assessment goes ALL the way to the top.

Advice to Senior Management

cull the herd

Pros

Clear cut job expectations, benefits, as secure as job security gets

Cons

monotony of government work and frustration over the rigid job specs

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate better

Pros

Everyone is friendly and very professional. Competent Management.

Cons

Hard to advance in position because of economy

Pros

Line staff and colleagues were great. - mutually supportive to get things done.

Cons

Upper Management and the policy weenies tended to get in the way and a great deal of time and energy was necessary to work around them.

Advice to Senior Management

Trust your staff, get them the tools an resources they need to do their jobs, get out of the way and work with them rather than against them.

Pros

Great place to work and learn!

Cons

Can get boring sometimes and theres not much to do

Advice to Senior Management

None

Pros

There are some great and really enthusiastic employees that work for the County. They are the backbone that do all the work for the County. The benefits are great especially dental and retirement plans.

Cons

The management does not care about increasing an employee's skill level. They are afraid that smart employee might pass them up and take their job away.

Advice to Senior Management

Value your day to day employees and management less. I know my department would have run a lot smoother without a supervisor.

Pros

union-protected jobs, pay is okay for people working in treatment center, get to work with some really messed up people (clients and employees) for psychology understanding

Cons

DHHS: management is horrible, initiatives are written in e-mail memos that nobody reads, including my supervisor. Management is nasty, politics are intense and harsh. Employees are seen as a cog in the machine and not respected. No learning is valued, rather policies and procedures are followed. Union-protected jobs lead to many incompetent and nasty employees making a miserable work environment. One entering as a clinician is not going to move up the ladder. Budget mess and no ability to vision or be proactive in protecting people's jobs or services of the communities.

Advice to Senior Management

Radical re-engineering efforts need to take place in DHHS, and all of the county as it is the most dysfunctional place that I have worked in. This county will fall by the wayside when the budget mess gets serious. If such a thing as a bankrupt county exists, they are heading that direction.
Communication is paramount, and management respect and openness needs to occur. Accountability is huge, and lists of collaborative behaviors needs to be agreed upon. Not once have I heard of a mission, vision and values penetrating the layers of mgmt to make it to the employees. leaders are managers, simple as that. Managers need to evolve into leaders.

Pros

Some co-workers are great to work with because they know if we works as a TEAM our job assigments will get done fast and proper. Some co-workers need to understand that their is only one Chief so stop trying to be something your not.

Cons

when you are discriminated and go to your supervisor, manager or director the issue is ignored, because all the supervisors, managers and directors are all friends and when they want someone out, trust me they make up reasons to get you dismissed.

Advice to Senior Management

be fair with all employees, not just your favorites and does wrong but is never disciplined.