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Multnomah County Reviews

3.6

70% would recommend to a friend

(194 total reviews)

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and Benefits

3.9

Work/Life Balance

3.5

Diversity & Inclusion

3.4

Career Opportunities

3.2

Culture & Values

2.8

Senior Management

Ratings distribution

5 stars

23%

4 stars

38%

3 stars

18%

2 stars

14%

1 star

7%

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Found 194 of over 220 reviews

Updated Nov 1, 2023

Top Review Highlights by Sentiment

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Pros
  • "The benefits are great!(in 45 reviews)
  • "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)
  • "Great people to work with.(in 18 reviews)
  • "Good coworkers and supportive environment(in 5 reviews)
  • "workers, good benefits, good work/ life balance(in 4 reviews)
Cons

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    1. 5.0
      Oct 5, 2023
      County Commissioner
      Current Employee
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Mission driven serving marginalized communities

      Cons

      Bureaucratic, siloed, political, stifled and unchanged

      1. 4.0
        Nov 1, 2023
        Senior Business Systems Analyst
        Current Employee, more than 5 years
        Portland, OR
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        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

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        1. 2.0
          Sep 12, 2023
          Program Supervisor
          Former Employee, more than 3 years
          Portland, OR
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          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

          1. 3.0
            Jun 20, 2023
            HR- Recruiter
            Current Employee, more than 5 years
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            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
            1. 2.0
              Aug 18, 2023
              Program Manager
              Former Employee, more than 3 years
              Portland, OR
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              Pay/bonuses Generous leave and vacation

              Cons

              Inefficient operations Cannot actually solve problems with creativity

              1. 5.0
                Aug 9, 2023
                Program Specialist
                Current Employee, more than 8 years
                Portland, OR
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                Multnomah County serves underrepresented and historically marginalized populations.

                Cons

                Sometimes government moves slowly .

                1. 4.0
                  Jun 24, 2023
                  Senior Contract Specialist
                  Current Employee, more than 5 years
                  Portland, OR
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  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
                  1. 3.0
                    Jul 9, 2023
                    Case Manager 2
                    Former Employee, more than 3 years
                    Gresham, OR
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    Good benefits, unionized, many locations

                    Cons

                    The work started at already barely manageable and increased over time to be inhumanly unmanageable

                    1. 4.0
                      Jun 5, 2023
                      Project Manager
                      Former Employee
                      Portland, OR
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      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

                      1. 4.0
                        May 3, 2023
                        Office Assistant 2
                        Current Employee
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        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.

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                      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.

                      According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Multnomah County employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Multnomah County. 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.

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