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    City and County of San Francisco Reviews

    Updated July 20, 2017
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    Edwin M. Lee
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    Pros

    • Competitive wages and great benefits (in 23 reviews)

    • Good work-life balance, positive leadership, opportunities for training and growth (in 11 reviews)

    Cons

    • Too many slackers hide behind the Civil Service shield (in 10 reviews)

    • Too much red tape to progress, stagnant hiring policies and procedures, unnecessary wait times for promotions and or interviews (in 5 reviews)

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    1. "Principal Clerk"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at City and County of San Francisco full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Flexible, Laid Back, High Salaries

      Cons

      Bureaucracy, Nepotism, Inefficiency, Wastefulness, Poorly Implemented Iniciatives

      Advice to Management

      Hone talented individuals and attempt to retain them.

    2. "TTX"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at City and County of San Francisco full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Good benefit, laid back, no overtime needed

      Cons

      Too political, ignorance management , disrespectful, lazy management and workers, wasteful culture

      Advice to Management

      Provide guidance, respective your workers, treat everyone equally

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    3. "Great culture in the Controller's Office"

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      Current Employee - Supervising Auditor in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Supervising Auditor in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at City and County of San Francisco full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good work-life balance, positive leadership, opportunities for training and growth

      Cons

      Highly political environment with client departments, could improve planning processes

    4. "Integrity, Ethics, Education Truly Not Needed"

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      Former Employee - Transportation Controller in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Transportation Controller in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at City and County of San Francisco full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Decent pay and benefits. A lot of good, educated people to work with who actually care about achieving task and goals. Great place to be employed if your allergic to work. Tons of overtime.

      Cons

      Too many slackers hide behind the Civil Service shield. 100's of dollars deducted from each paycheck for you retirement contribution but takes many months, red tape and games to get money back if you don't stay employed there for 5+ years. Lots of hiding, finger pointing and very lazy employees. People in promoted to manager positions only because of testing scores but have extremely poor knowledge and leadership skills. Outdated equipment everywhere.

      Advice to Management

      Focus on running a much more honest operation. Eliminate slackers, bullying and discrimination. Outsource transit operator jobs

    5. "Great benefits, hard to move up"

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      Former Employee - Public Service Aide in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Public Service Aide in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at City and County of San Francisco part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great benefits
      Pay was decent
      Friendly people

      Cons

      Could have used more hours
      Hard to move up in position
      Micromanagment

    6. "Office of the Controller"

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      Current Employee - Staff Analyst in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Staff Analyst in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at City and County of San Francisco full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good pay and benefits, rewarding place to work at, great people and positive work environment

      Cons

      Recruiting process is extremely long, things move very slowly, bureaucratic

    7. "CNA certified nurse assistants"

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      Former Employee - Caregiver, CNA in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Caregiver, CNA in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at City and County of San Francisco full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Learning the medical terminology learning Hal to do a report on a patient greet and meet patients and their families able to discuss their health issues I just love working with people especially the elders

      Cons

      The cons waiting for your relief employee to make it on work on time having six patients and you're the only one with these six patients some needs to be fed some to feed their self but changing the bed was a cons

      Advice to Management

      I have no advice for management because they run the floor very well some also help with the nurse when needed so management is pretty good

    8. "Temp"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends

      I worked at City and County of San Francisco full-time

      Pros

      Work at a good location and met a lot of awesome people. Pay was good.

      Cons

      There should be opportunities for temp to become full or part time.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Too much red tape; not cooperative partnerships between various city depts"

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      Former Employee - Financial Analyst in San Francisco, CA
      Former Employee - Financial Analyst in San Francisco, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at City and County of San Francisco full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Inflated salary, average work hours

      Cons

      Salary takes a hugh hit from pension; SF is on a 2 tier system whereby the costs of the pension fall on the employee, including benefit costs. I was taking home less than what I was previously making despite having a 10% increase!

      Advice to Management

      Cut the red tape; the city makes it nearly impossible to get things done; no cooperation between departments; no ability to grow and learn....you die inside if you remain with the city

    10. "clerk"

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      Current Employee - Clerk in San Francisco, CA
      Current Employee - Clerk in San Francisco, CA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook

      I have been working at City and County of San Francisco part-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Lots of great people at our department.

      Cons

      compensation set by union, no negotiation for individuals.

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