State of Colorado Reviews

Current Employee – been working at State of Colorado

Pros – Great pension plan if started your career here early

Cons – No bonuses, stock options. Negative public opinion leads to low morale

Advice to Senior Management – Do realistic compensation surveys

Current Employee – been working at State of Colorado full-time

Pros – Work independently with minimal supervision. Supervisors trust you to perform your job and follow your performance without looking over your shoulder all the time. As an employee here I feel empowered to do my job.

Cons – The lack of telecommuting to work especially since everything is in place for workers to be able to. The usual politics of a work place.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at State of Colorado full-time for more than a year

Pros – Job security, defined retirement plan

Cons – Bureaucracy, pervasive belief in a vague mission

Advice to Senior Management – They solicit advice they won't apply, so I'm uncertain that providing it is worth my time.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at State of Colorado full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great Benefits and friends to work for. I was able to participate in many leadership development opportunities during my time with the State of Colorado

Cons – The one thing that made me leave was the lack of transparency of raises that the upper management gave themselves at CU Boulder. It wasn't that I didn't think some deserved it but felt they were keeping it from the rest of the staff.

Current Employee – been working at State of Colorado

Pros – -Understanding
-Able to give employee time off with no questions asked
-Awesome bosses with great open door policy
-No micromanaging
-Great teamwork

Cons – -Lack of raises for several years due to the poor economy
-Lack of funding for newer office equipment and needed materails

Advice to Senior Management – I have no words of advise to the management. For all the companies I have worked with, State of Colorado managers are about doing a good and fair job. I do not feel there are favorites and gossiping.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at State of Colorado

Pros – I worked for the Colorado DOW after graduating from college with an environmental science degree. The DOW is a great place to work to see if a career in the natural resources field is for you. Pay was good and I worked 4 ten hour days so often had 3 day weekends to explore Colorado. Instead of paying social security a portion of your wage is put in a CO PERA account which is partially matched by the state, which could be a PRO or a CON depending on your thoughts on SS. I had a great crew leader and worked under a great research, but this varies crew to crew. Free housing.

Cons – Although experience may help you move up to a crew leader position, you need a lot of education in order to move up in the DOW. Most of the researchers have PhD's. I enjoyed working there, but as a science technician there is really no opportunity to move up, except to crew leader without investing significant time a resources in more education. As a temporary employee you can only work 6 months out of the year. No health insurance or dental.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to spread out tasks for technicians so that the work does not become so monotonous. Doing plant surveys all day everyday for weeks can get to you after awhile.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at State of Colorado

Pros – The Colorado State Treasury is composed of great staff and leadership. I would highly recommend it, although I believe the constant change between leadership can make it difficult.

Cons – The change in elected officials running the State Treasury can be difficult simply from the perspective that each elected official has a different vision with different goals.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at State of Colorado

Pros – - Amazing group leaders that understand emergencies happen and are willing to help you
- No micro managing
- Open door policy and actually mean it
- Great co-workers willing to help and advise in situations
- Create your own work schedule within set boundaries
- Your supervisor backs you up
- Many opportunities to grow within and advance

Cons – - Benefits are not amazing and there has been cuts with PERA but that is the risk one takes working for the government.
- Public view on government workers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at State of Colorado

Pros – Great people and flexible schedules.

Cons – The salaries are too low.

Advice to Senior Management – Change the classified employee system

Current Employee – been working at State of Colorado

Pros – good place for relatively relaxed work. no micromanagement, though innovation is very limited or almost not possible

Cons – Poor development practices. It's hard or impossible to bring modern technologies for use.
One IT manager is for department of around 20 people. It is not possible to be a good manager and really be part of the development process. Just because too many tasks to take care of. Salaries and benefits are not competitive.

Advice to Senior Management – Innovate. Don't hesitate to improve technologies. Increase salary to core developers.