City of Austin Texas Reviews

Pros

I gained a great deal of insight in how to report, develop budgets, and grow my excel skills. This job was a great introduction into the skills I needed to be successful in the private industry. Also, the work-life balance was really rewarding.

Cons

You work with people who have been there for 20 years waiting to collect a pension, so the work culture bureaucratic. If you work in the right department, it's a very enjoyable job.

Pros

Benefits are great. Pension is great

Cons

The general nuisances that come from working for a government entity

Pros

Great benefits for PTO and sick leave.

Cons

Changing all roles to hybrid, pay lower than that of private businesses.

Pros

Full benefits for full time employees.

Cons

Work on holidays except thanksgiving and Christmas.

Pros

Busy office, know your city

Cons

Timekeeping duties, high level multi tasking

Pros

Excellent benefits and retirement plan. If you're a code inspector, a job here is a great stepping stone to get you over to the Development Services Department, where the management team is higher quality.

Cons

There's a lack of accountability at the management and executive level and a culture where the management team is having a great time congratulating themselves on a job well done, but the rank-and-file employees feel like they are in prison and take turns stabbing each other in the back in sneaky, covert ways. There's so much uneccesary drama and toxicity here - employees are treated like naughty little children and are fearful of HR, which always seems to be in reactive mode because of the high turnover and lack of leadership in that division. Long time employees and managers kick the can down the road and coast into retirement rather than work hard and take actions that could make a positive difference. Lots of wasted taxpayer money on vanity projects that are poorly thought out, consume hours and hours of employees' time and energy and are then abandoned or simply "fall off the vine". There's no accountability for a failure to execute at the management level and an endless list of excuses for why management is incapable of executing effectively. Very little attention given to improving retention. Management doesn't care about the high cost of turnover because management isn't measured on or held accountable for their ability to retain strong workers.

Pros

Austin is a great place to work. You are surrounded by helpers.

Cons

The salary is low, especially because they are considering removing telework. If telework is removed, I’ll look elsewhere.

Pros

Job for life never get fired

Cons

Top heavy management with little concern about staff. Bureaucratic mess of middle management and HR obstructions. Oh and the mandator 24 hours a week of being in the off, no exceptions.

Pros

I like working for the city

Cons

Pay is not the best for what I do

Pros

Good benefits if you can get the time off

Cons

Stay on top of your own career progression - otherwise no one else will