State of Arizona Reviews

Current Employee – been working at State of Arizona

Pros – Good benefits to include medical, dental, vision, and pension

Cons – High stress, little room for advancement

Advice to Senior Management – Develop employees better, focus on retention

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at State of Arizona

Pros – Many varied interesting and stimulating projects

Cons – Being laid off when it shouldn't have happened

Advice to Senior Management – think of ways to generate money

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at State of Arizona

Pros – People are for the most part treated like family and their is alot of flexibility

Cons – The pay and some employees who are no motivated

Advice to Senior Management – Seek talent and keep talent....do not enbable those who are not contributing

Current Employee – been working at State of Arizona

Pros – Good benefits with good pension plan

Cons – Lower pay than the average

Advice to Senior Management – I do not have advise to management

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at State of Arizona

Pros – Good People; good work ethic, budding technology, good work; great benefits package; meaningful work; I found these things to be true of my experience here

Cons – Limited bugets; aging technology; expense management

Former Employee – worked at State of Arizona

Pros – Great benefits package for employees, long term employment and a great place to retire.

Cons – Sometimes the budget makes simple things very difficult to achieve.

Advice to Senior Management – If offering an counter package to recruite talent, follow through.

Former Employee – worked at State of Arizona

Pros – Training - was probably the best place to work to get professional certifications. They were good about professional associations in yoru field, as well.

Cons – There is a lot of truth to the idea that state workers don't seem to want to work as hard. However, on the management side, that is where the hard work and dedicated people were.

Advice to Senior Management – The state needs to attract and retain good quality workers. They do this on the training side, but when an employee is ready to move up in the ranks, there are no opportunities. This needs to change.

Current Employee – been working at State of Arizona

Pros – Good benefits package, great insurance, retirement plan

Cons – Pay freeze... whatever you get hired on at that is where you stay at.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at State of Arizona

Pros – Benefit packages are good and offer a variety of options. Premiums are good compared to private industry. Before the economy tanked, it was nearly impossible to lose your job.

Cons – Management is often appointed based on political favors, and may not know a thing about the agency he/she is put in charge of. There is little transparency. Because of the economy and a ridiculously right-wing, bible-thumping legislature, jobs are left at the whims of others.

Advice to Senior Management – Put leaders in place that have training, proven competency in their field, and a plan and vision. Discourage micromanaging.

Current Employee – been working at State of Arizona

Pros – You get to work with a variety of different social service agencies and have a chance to have a positive impact on peoples' lives

Cons – It's a very objective job where there is no right or wrong way to do things in any situation which makes the job rather ambiguous.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire people who are there for the well being of the families rather than those who are only concerned about their career progression.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend