Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs Reviews
Updated Jun 5, 2022
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- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Benefits and tours of duty.
Cons
Government jobs have preset salaries.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great Benefits, rewarding work environment, great co-workers. Once you are aware of how things work within the governmental system, it is an involved and rewarding place to work. Make friends who know how to handle the paperwork and watch your worries disappear.
Cons
Government Paperwork, culture varies between departments and sometimes even within departments. People work on different hourly schedules and it is often impossible to get things done on the same day during normal (or even banking business hours) because key employees are not working the same hours ... Time in job is rewarded more than merit and achievements. If pursuing as a full career, be ready to switch job positions/ departments every other year or so to get appropriate raises, and new appointments.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
The government has great benefits. You're off on all of the holidays. You have decent health options. Some offices allow you to work on a compressed work schedule so you can work 9 or 10 hour days and have a day or two off within a pay period. Also, after working with the government full time for 3 years, you have job security and are able to move easier through the federal government agencies.
Cons
The organization needs to be restructured. Since it is difficult to fire people after they hit the 3 year mark, there are a lot of employees who are complacent with their jobs and have very bad attitudes. This makes things difficult for the main stakeholder (the veteran) who is already having a difficult time having their claims processed. Preventable mistakes are being made and the stakeholders at met with attitudes. They also over taxing good workers to compensate for bad workers with little to no consequences for those that are barely performing. It brings down the morale of those that are doing quality work.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
One of the better federal agencies to work for, job security is there, it is apolitical, and you can make a difference.
Cons
Work at central office, we used to care about Veterans and get things done, now there are 5 levels of concurrence for anything. Need to cut the red tape, get rid of managers and get back to helping Veterans
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Changing work system to a production mode with more accountability
RecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
value is customer focused on serving Veterans - a valued mission
Cons
Some people are not used to quick change and have to be more flexible and ready to move in different directions towards the mission
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Continue to serve - help veterans and their families with their claims and receive the benefits to which they are legally entitled My boss is great - very oriented on teaching
Cons
Production quotas often understate the complexities in resolving veterans' claims in the amount of time allotted.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits,average pay, a lot of paid holidays and pto
Cons
Difficult to move around because of paygrade stipulations. Basically if you are a gs7 for example (the pay grade scale used in government positions is "GS") you cannot apply for a job that is a gs 9 even if you're qualified because you havent worked under a GS8 payscale for at least 1 year. Frustrating
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
The Prescott VA is a very good place to work ! They take care of you & it is in a very beautiful place !
Cons
The down side is if you get hurt on the job it takes a long time to get back to work !
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
The Veterans are the best reason to work for the hospital.
Cons
There are to many chains of command that allow for individuals to not be as productive as they should be.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Good position not hard work holidays off and all weekends, you can move if there is a position eslewhere in the country you qualify for. There is always room to improve.
Cons
Constent changes expect things to change on a regular basis, while change is not always a bad thing you would like to know before hand not just in the middle of the work day.
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Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs Reviews FAQs
Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 56 reviews left anonymously by employees. 65% of employees would recommend working at Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs to a friend and 36% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.
According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.
65% of Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, culture, management.
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