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    County of San Diego Reviews

    Updated April 6, 2018
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    43 Ratings

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    Pros

    • Great benefits, Job security, Helping the community (in 20 reviews)

    • Good benefits, low stress work environment, opportunities for growth (in 18 reviews)

    Cons

    • Older work force, red tape when it comes to changing things (in 7 reviews)

    • unless you are upper management, you'll be treated as if you don't matter (in 5 reviews)

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    1. "Tax Specialist"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at County of San Diego full-time

      Pros

      The people were great and it was right on the ocean

      Cons

      the pay was not great and the benefits were not great either

    2. "Could be better"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      M-F schedule , plenty of office locations, job security after probation. Nice enough coworkers.

      Cons

      Mgmt. hires people just like them. They don't step out and look at what is needed vs. what they want. People slack off and get paid for it.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to employees, make necessary changes, be more involved/knowledgeable on the staff/jobs

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    3. "Student Worker"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at County of San Diego part-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Pay is very good for student workers

      Cons

      There is a lot of down time with almost all positions and all of my coworkers were lazy.

      Advice to Management

      Make it easier to fire people so that they don't slack so much

    4. "Good people but slow work environment"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at County of San Diego full-time

      Pros

      The people you work with are friendly and welcoming. There are many different projects of all types which makes your job interesting.

      Cons

      There's a lot of downtime so there are times when you do not have much to do. Some of the upper management seem to not be as technically competent as others.

    5. "Student Worker"

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      Current Employee - Student Worker in El Cajon, CA
      Current Employee - Student Worker in El Cajon, CA
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Flexibility with my college schedule, able to work full time during winter/spring/summer break, exposure to trials

      Cons

      Unsure whether you take a pay decrease if you graduate as a student worker and move into an entry level position in the office

    6. "Helpfullness"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at County of San Diego full-time

      Pros

      steady, stable and good benefits

      Cons

      rotation quartely at operation needs

    7. "HSS"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at County of San Diego full-time

      Pros

      health, dental, job security after passing probation

      Cons

      during probation your office and supervisor may determine if you pass or not

    8. "Planner"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at County of San Diego full-time

      Pros

      They always seem to be looking for new employees.

      Cons

      Inexperienced management. Managers don't know the process; they just tell their subordinates to ask someone else how to do something.
      Get inconsistent feedback from management.
      Very high turnover.
      Staff not very outgoing; seems everyone keeps to themselves.

      Advice to Management

      Learn the planning and development review process.

    9. Helpful (2)

      "Current CSD employee"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Diego, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Diego, CA
      No opinion of CEO

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

      Pros

      For the old tier A employees the pension is great. Once on top you’re on top assuming you are in a well paying classification

      Cons

      New pension tiers suck, management generally sucks, things can be very political.

      Advice to Management

      Quit, all of you.

    10. "Too Political"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Diego, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in San Diego, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

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

      Pros

      Medical insurance, retirement for tier A and B employees.

      Cons

      The top priority of County of San Diego is to promote the CAO and members of the board of Supervisors. All employees must do this constantly.

      Advice to Management

      Start thinking about someone beside yourselves, perhaps the taxpayers and your employees.

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