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Updated May 18, 2022
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- "extremely poor management.. have reduced everything to a checklist approach because they simply do not know the details of the program they run and their purpose." (in 14 reviews)
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- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Great work life balance, salary, benefits.
Cons
difficult and hard work, but worth it
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
I've been with HUD for over three years and have gone from field office to HQ relatively quickly - I have felt leadership has been very supportive of personal and professional development and I've always had the sense they empower workers to think and problem solve creatively. There is also a great culture of work/life balance that I really appreciate (love the option of a compressed work schedule and getting a three day weekend every other week!) I genuinely enjoy working here and don't intend to leave anytime soon.
Cons
Sometimes leadership is unclear on expectations
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Transparency in pay, job expectations, annual review criteria, etc. A true 9-5 job. No extra hours beyond your 40-hour schedule except for very special circumstances for which you are compensated.
Cons
Would benefit from training or education in social work to handle challenging cases with mental health issues.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Great management team Great benefits Great flexibility
Cons
Standardized pay system which makes it difficult to differentiate great performance versus average
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
work/life balance pay benefits telework
Cons
cant think of any today
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Rewarding work experiences but misaligned,
Cons
Slow to technology advances. Understaffed
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
It had the pros of any other federal job — stable and adequate pay, reasonable and flexible hours, and good benefits
Cons
Where to start… The organization’s leaders were delusional in that they believed that just because something was written in some policy that people would automatically comply with it. Therefore, to try to make things happen, more and more policy would get piled on top of itself. The result was that there was so much “paperwork” that nobody could begin to comprehend it, let alone comply with it. Once, an executive leader was asked if guidance could be developed to help stakeholders comply with some set of requirements. Her response was that they should simply “read the regulations,” as it was all spelled out there. Oh, of course! My opinion is that HUD accomplishes very little, which is sad to admit. I think improving people’s lives would be more likely if the entire HUD budget was just handed to random people in impoverished neighborhoods. Instead, we were paid to check boxes on forms and write long-winded, teethless letters to city officials. Managers were hit-and-miss, mostly miss. The last boss I had was a real doozy. She got enjoyment from publicly humiliating us in staff meetings. An earlier manager didn’t really do anything, aside from scheduling meetings to “discuss policy.” In these meetings, there was no end result, and the same talking points would get rehashed over and over. Other managers were themselves delusional, believing that HUD as a whole was accomplishing great things. They were usually the ones who had been there for decades.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
has good work life balance
Cons
not enough room for growth
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Public and community service orientated.
Cons
Blogged down with bureaucratic policies and procedures.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Work-life balanc, making a difference, Vacation
Cons
Goverment, Can't Wor Remotly, The Same Every day.
HUD Reviews FAQs
HUD has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 274 reviews left anonymously by employees. 76% of employees would recommend working at HUD to a friend and 61% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 7% over the last 12 months.
76% of HUD employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated HUD 4.2 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at HUD to be compensation, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, career development, management.
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