US Department of Treasury Reviews

Pros

get to engage in interesting analytical work for countries and emerging economies if you are in international affairs office; encourage mobility and transfer to other offices to gain more exposure and experience

Cons

at times slow is work; a lot less quantitative and a lot more about strong writing skills than one would think; office culture can be a bit of a drag sometimes as many people take themselves a little too seriously, but government agencies in particular are known for being a bit stuffy

Advice to Senior Management

my boss in particular was wonderful about treating me without kid gloves as an intern; i recommend that other offices do the same because I would proudly recommend other interns to work for the office I was in

Pros

- Beautiful office environment
- People are relaxed, willing to educate you at a moments notice
- Work is challenging.

Cons

- Pay is significantly lower than the private sector
- Pace of work is slow
- Feedback is slow for analyst level employees

Advice to Senior Management

Since the Treasury consists of a mixture of political appointees and career bureaucrats, one cannot deliver appropriate feedback to management at most times as the organization is in a constant state of flux.

Pros

Good job pay, good benefits.

Cons

Culture/leadership needs to come into the 21st century.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop hiring your relatives. Start hiring truly talented and hard working folks from private industry.

Pros

Flexibility and work life balance

Cons

Low pay and minimal bonus opportunities

Advice to Senior Management

Communicate growth opportunities

Pros

Stability. Interesting work. Professional. Location

Cons

Stodgy. Promotions are more difficult. Tech is bad.

Pros

Benefits package
Competitive salary
Communication
Efficiency
Great management team

Cons

Politics could get in the way of sound business pracitces

Advice to Senior Management

Best management team

Pros

Work for the greatest country in the world. Make a small OK tiny effort to help reduce debt and inefficiency. Work at the same institution that once employed Alexander Hamilton.

Cons

If I hear "that is the way we have always done it" one more time I will scream. Stove pipe mentality extremely prevalent. Bureaucracy painful and decision making extremely slow.

Advice to Senior Management

Encourage more cross functionality amoung divisions. Eliminate protected positions. Cap number of years that an individual may hold a position to 8 years (a director has held the same position for 27 years).

Pros

Lots of responsibility early on career. Interesting work. Sometimes a conservative culture as far as risk taking but at times willing to take risks to promote a better strategy. Great work life balance is emphasized.

Cons

There are lots of policies and rules to remember. Sometimes work is not appreciated by general public even though it can be very challenging.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to listen to front-line workers whenever possible and whenever practicable.

Pros

good benefits and awards for work efforts

Cons

information for consumers should be made clearer

Pros

Great benefits, work/life balance, and management.

Cons

Still growing, lots of work to do, not enough people.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more people.