State of New Mexico Reviews

Former Employee – worked at State of New Mexico full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Largely professional environment, reasonable advancement opportunities if open to change, plenty of opportunity for professional reward of personal initiative!

Cons – Opportunities for financial reward are more limited than private sector (tho' balanced by increased employment stability). Advancement opportunities are slim when wanting/needing to stay within a specific field or area of expertise.

Advice to Senior Management – Improve advancement opportunities for all. Improve professional growth and diversification opportunities for senior staff.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – Great Benefits
Time off
Job security
JOB SECURITY

Cons – Potential for toxic office politics.
Too many "bosses"
No one is really in charge
Low Accountability

Advice to Senior Management – Cuy inefficiencies and demand departmental organization

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

Former Employee – worked at State of New Mexico full-time for more than a year

Pros – State jobs are fairly secure.

Cons – Management could careless about the employees that perform the work. Suggestions are ignored and there seems to be a policy of "Don't let the door hit you on the way out." Cronyism Rules the Upper management in a manner equal to Chicago Politics.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to employees suggestions. Value the contributions that employees make to the organization. Reward employees that perform well not only those that are part of the "band wagon."

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at State of New Mexico full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Job security. Decent pay. Some good staff

Cons – Lot's of negativity and bad attitudes. No praise.

Advice to Senior Management – Try using positive reinforcement and praise your staff for jobs well done

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at State of New Mexico full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Very stable employment, with a wide variety of opportunities. Most employees are dedicated public servants. Very collegial environment with genuine mutual respect and concern among coworkers and from superior management. Hiring/application system designed to minimize promotion without merit. Compensation system designed to minimize pay inequality. Many legal protections in place for employee rights. Excellent benefits, especially the retirement plan! Most positions do not require excessive overtime, and employees are fairly compensated for over time either with dollar earnings or compensatory time.

Cons – Experienced applicants and managers can game the hiring and compensation systems (as can be done with most systems). There are many subcultures in individual agencies and across all of state government that are exclusionary. Work culture can fluctuate widely with changing gubernatorial administrations. Some work environments can be very stagnant. Many people are promoted into management positions because they excelled at their previous positions, but do not have any management skills, and managers get little to no training for their new level of responsibility.

Advice to Senior Management – Follow Covey's 5th Habit of Highly Effective People: "Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood." Respectful communication that creates lasting and productive work teams and relationships starts with listening for what drives people, what they care about, what they will pursue with passion. We all want to be understood, acknowledged, and heard. If we make that effort to give that understanding and acknowledgment first, if we really listen first, we create early bonds of trust. From there, meaningful paths of progress are created that inspire people to bring their passion to work!

Build up the accomplishments of those who work with you and for you. As you raise the reputation of those around you and under you, you raise your own.

Hire people who know more about the job you are hiring them for than you do. You are bringing them in to be the expert. Or, hire people in whom you can see great potential to rise to a level of expertise that exceeds your own, and mentor them carefully. A brilliant staff will always make its leader/manager look brilliant.

See yourself as an advocate for your team and an equal team member when it comes to getting the job done. If everyone is in it together, they all raise the confidence and commitment of each member. The whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at State of New Mexico

Pros – Stability because of the union.

Cons – Terrible leadership and fellow employees. Not very professional group of folks.

Advice to Senior Management – Try and hire the best of the best and keep them.

Current Employee – been working at State of New Mexico

Pros – there are some super nice and smart people, but they are disempowered. They pay well and have good benefits.

Cons – even if you get any momentum, the whole game changes and you almost start over with a new administration. The system is designed to fail.

Advice to Senior Management – empower your people, trim the fat, and dont just spend federal dollars on no need projects or fat just because if you don't spend it, you will lose it. You should lost it, especially if you are not using it for its true purpose.

Current Employee – been working at State of New Mexico

Pros – the benefits are very good

Cons – the pay is not fair

Advice to Senior Management – Please fix the pay scale, masters don't get paid more than bachelor's level