Commonwealth of Virginia Employee Reviews about "good benefits"

Pros

you can live on the pay and you get good benefits.

Cons

no one cares about you as an employee. all about production

Pros

Good benefits for employees are good overall

Cons

Not an environment that welcomes feedback from employees that are not in management

Pros

Great benefits and good hours

Cons

None come to my mind

Pros

Good benefits, lots of holidays

Cons

Infrequent raises and inconsistent application of policy.

Pros

My peers are very nice and personable. Non-financial benefits are good. Excellent work-life balance.

Cons

The pay is extremely low for the level of knowledge and skills. Upper management can be distant and aloof--not personable. Many leaders lack management/leadership skills even though they have technical knowledgeable. Promotions are often based on who you know. Work can lack challenge.

Pros

Good Benefits for Full Time Employees

Cons

Salary increases limited for full time employees

Pros

Good health benefits. Good coworkers. Once you are in it is a little bit easier to move around to other agencies.

Cons

There were times when there was just too much red tape to go through in order to fix a simple problem (ex: update information on the website for constituency).

Pros

Good benefits across all agencies. SOME departments were well run and morale was great. Some agencies are better to work for than others. SOME have a fairly 'family' of co-workers atmosphere where everyone digs in together.

Cons

HR is centrally run from Richmond, and HR is set up punitively; 15 floors of people stamping a piece pf paper in triplicate and sending to the next desk. HR is archaic, and by design. The complication keeps the legislature from realizing they could save millions by going to an off-the shelf product by ADP, and fire most the over paid cronies staffing the Monroe building. Don't think HR will listen to or act upon employee concerns. The big line is "this is a right-to-work state and if you don't like it, there is the door." Many department heads are degree heavy autocrats with no real world experience or idea on how to manage their duties. Poorly paid office service specialists - mostly part time with no benefits - and contract staff, do the ACTUAL "heavy lifting" in a job. there is little real teamwork. You can be brilliant, but a 900 year old half-retired coworker will get the promotion because of tenure and knowing all the HR staff.

Pros

Offers stable employment and good benefits.

Cons

No reward for effort. Much talk about "pushing decision-making down," but in reality, that never happens.

Pros

Good healthcare benefits and pension

Cons

Low Pay with no raises