Multnomah County Reviews

Pros

Great work life balance at this employer

Cons

Nothing that I can think of right now

Pros

There are a few, and I mean just a few good employees there that really care about their jobs. Most of them just milk county public dollars and are lazy

Cons

the environment at Multnomah county is very toxic and political. There is reverse racism, where there is racism against white people. There is sexism against males. If you are a heterosexual Caucasian male you are pretty much labeled a sexist misogynist racist homophobe. they try to be so inclusive and shove other people's opinions down your throat and make you feel guilty like you are a bad person because you are white....

Advice to Management

Stop wasting time in meetings that do nothing and also stop trying to shove diversity down people's throats when the county is the one who does not see outside the box and only sees the world one way as they think it should be.

Pros

Great people to work with.

Cons

Really hard to advance in some areas of the county.

Pros

There were some lovely people working there that seemed to care about helping their community.

Cons

My assignments were changed with no notice, HR was miserably rude and unhelpful, and there was no path to regular employment. I was told to volunteer (!) or try for a position in a different county and come back with more direct experience, or take a position that I was over-qualified for and hope to move up. This is after I had excelled at performing the job duties as a temp. I was moved six times, and one time told...

Advice to Management

Honestly, my managers were supportive. My impression was that management was in a lot of meetings with itself, but HR was my biggest complaint as they were not transparent or easy to work with. Also, if you hire temp workers that are qualified for a position, providing a path to regular employment would be a much more ethical way to use temporary employees.

Pros

Good pay and benefits, some good people.

Cons

Very political/social environment, lots of favoritism and nepotism. Union organization is a joke where hiring/support is concerned. If they like you on a strictly personal level, regardless of work performance, you will succeed. If you look to be rewarded for hard work or good work ethics, not the place to be.

Advice to Management

Too many overpaid middle "managers" who do not know how to manage and spend most of their time in "meetings". Hire managers and supervisors who know how to do their jobs and support work teams as the should. Job performance should matter!

Pros

It emphasis on improving citizen access to county information ie SAP re-implementation, geo spatial coding of services, events

Cons

Seems to be a culture of access which determines whose views , anlaysis or improvments to proess are heard by Senior team.

Advice to Management

Improve current website document information from excel spreadsheets, pdf and word documents to interactive dashboards as the initial interface ie - program budget spend vs actual, headcount actual vs plan, drill down to underlying variance to budget issue

Pros

I love my coworkers and the benefits are great. I have a flexible schedule and my supervisor is amazing.

Cons

Upper management and county leadership have created an environment where it’s extrem hard to advance. Also it’s hard to take things seriously when some of our commissioners act like entitled teenagers.

Advice to Management

Focus on employees. Make it easier to promote and move within the county departments.

Pros

Excellent benefits and good work life balance

Cons

Growth is slow and cross training is not really encouraged

Advice to Management

Encourage growth and cross training