City of Houston Reviews
Updated Jun 29, 2022
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- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits, great staff, experience
Cons
Low pay but it’s good experience
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Providing housing to low-income households.
Cons
The need to have better pay packages.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
great benefits and flexible schedualing
Cons
little room for development and growth
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits, amazing people, and I cannot stress the benefits enough...
Cons
Monotonous work, no telecommuting option for the moment, horrible communication.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Daylight hours,working with the public
Cons
Low pay,no benefits for part time.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Having regular schedule M through F with weekends off. Remote work was perfect. Now commute disruption of work life balance. Some of the benefits for retirement. Health benefits so-so.
Cons
Lack of communication. Lack of management leadership. Lack of motivation and morale in employees roles, with exception of wanna be managers whose MO is pretty shallow and power focused. Too political and gossipy. Favoritism dictates future.
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Uniforms. Plenty of parking. Decent salary.
Cons
No overtime. Not so good equipment.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Strong culture with a dedication to work Life Balance
Cons
Large organization so you may get lost
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Excellent benefits, and PTO policy (Many Holidays)
Cons
There is not a clear path to continue growing. I considered myself a high performer even in a private setting, but was denied multiple opportunities to advance professionally.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits, pension, accumulated time off.
Cons
Upward promotional ability is difficult
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City of Houston Reviews FAQs
City of Houston has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 613 reviews left anonymously by employees. 65% of employees would recommend working at City of Houston to a friend and 62% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -2% over the last 12 months.
65% of City of Houston employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated City of Houston 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at City of Houston to be coworkers, career development, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, culture, management.
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