Multnomah County Reviews
70% would recommend to a friend
(194 total reviews)
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Updated Nov 1, 2023
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- "The pay is good, and because you are in a union environment, you get 'stuck' from looking outside because the pay continues to rise." (in 19 reviews)
- "Too many managers on top level then actual employees which makes it hard to do the job" (in 6 reviews)
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- 5.0Oct 5, 2023County CommissionerCurrent Employee
Pros
Mission driven serving marginalized communities
Cons
Bureaucratic, siloed, political, stifled and unchanged
- 4.0Nov 1, 2023Senior Business Systems AnalystCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsPortland, OR
Pros
The County invests heavily in its people. It's the best work environment I've ever enjoyed (Remote Work)
Cons
The County's facilities tend to be very modest
- 2.0Sep 12, 2023Program SupervisorFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsPortland, OR
Pros
Option for Moda insurance, dental, PERS, Hop Pass. Some career growth, but will take years
Cons
Pay, Location DT, rerouting, adding more tasks, days, and times to your job description, EAP useless. More concerned about being, “woke.” System is not straight forward. No one knows the answer to anything
- 3.0Jun 20, 2023HR- RecruiterCurrent Employee, more than 5 years
Pros
Good benefits: medical, dental, people etc
Cons
1. Hard to find coworkers to connect with. - ostracized if you don't jump on every trending social issue. This leads to your coworkers not being a support. - fake fake personalities. 2. Lack of support. 3. Managers looking to point fingers, usually you'll have no support upper management favors the Managers. 4. Loudest craziest voice is heard- lots and lots on whining. Just to name a few...
1 - 2.0Aug 18, 2023Program ManagerFormer Employee, more than 3 yearsPortland, OR
Pros
Pay/bonuses Generous leave and vacation
Cons
Inefficient operations Cannot actually solve problems with creativity
- 5.0Aug 9, 2023Program SpecialistCurrent Employee, more than 8 yearsPortland, OR
Pros
Multnomah County serves underrepresented and historically marginalized populations.
Cons
Sometimes government moves slowly .
- 4.0Jun 24, 2023Senior Contract SpecialistCurrent Employee, more than 5 yearsPortland, OR
Pros
Great flexibility including FT telework in many departments. Union contracts allow good raises each year.
Cons
You need to be Woke and into things like advertising your pronouns, native land acknowledgements, etc. In many departments to advance.
1 - 3.0Jul 9, 2023Case Manager 2Former Employee, more than 3 yearsGresham, OR
Pros
Good benefits, unionized, many locations
Cons
The work started at already barely manageable and increased over time to be inhumanly unmanageable
- 4.0Jun 5, 2023Project ManagerFormer EmployeePortland, OR
Pros
Good benefits package (health, dental) Depending on the team, flexibility to work hybrid
Cons
Retirement vesting until after 5 years of work Salary below market value
- 4.0May 3, 2023Office Assistant 2Current Employee
Pros
Wonderful people dedicated to public service. Great benefits, the sense of doing good in the world, challenging work.
Cons
Lack of support for disabilities and health issues. Byzantine management structure.
Multnomah County Reviews FAQs
Multnomah County has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 220 reviews left anonymously by employees. 70% of employees would recommend working at Multnomah County to a friend and 41% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
70% of Multnomah County employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Multnomah County 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Multnomah County to be management, career development, benefits and the cons to be diversity and inclusion, senior leadership, culture.
