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Oregon Department of Human Services Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(3 total reviews)

Director Fariborz Pakseresht

Fariborz Pakseresht

34% approve of CEO

Ratings by category

3.7

Compensation and Benefits

3.6

Work/Life Balance

3.3

Diversity & Inclusion

3.3

Career Opportunities

3.1

Culture & Values

2.9

Senior Management

Ratings distribution

5 stars

22%

4 stars

23%

3 stars

27%

2 stars

13%

1 star

15%

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Updated Nov 20, 2023

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Pros
  • "Benefits are great and independent work is plentiful.(in 27 reviews)
  • "Liked management and fellow employees, good pay(in 8 reviews)
  • "Working with people and helping those in need(in 7 reviews)
  • "Great training & high quality employees(in 6 reviews)
  • "Encouraging of using time off.(in 6 reviews)
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    1. 1.0
      Jul 23, 2021
      Intake Specialist
      Former Employee, more than 1 year
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Get to meet people, travel around, decent-ish pay, government benefits, decent-ish training, maybe, rarely even help people, was sometimes interesting

      Cons

      No work life balance, hostile clients, hostile, terrible, non-supportive management, racist coworkers, often seems like not really helping but just punitive, penalizing poor people, and especially, people of color.

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      1. 5.0
        Nov 22, 2021
        Anonymous Employee
        Current Employee, more than 1 year
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        Team, supervisor, work life balance, pay and benefits

        Cons

        Tough cases, occasional unpredictable schedule

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        1. 2.0
          Dec 4, 2014
          Social Service Specialist
          Former Employee
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          You come in contact with many professionals, individuals, and situations that you would otherwise never encounter.

          Cons

          Again, you come in contact with many professionals, individuals, and situations that you would otherwise never encounter. The work/life balance is almost nonexistent as you get piled on with crisis after crisis, paperwork after paperwork, and bureaucracy run by so much regulations that you can hardly breathe. (However, it is understandable since you are dealing with incredibly sensitive and delicate situations.) All of my coworkers confessed that they never dealt with this much stress in their entire lives. So if you are OK with having limited time off work, constant stress at its highest level, LOW PAY ($40K if you have experience or a master's degree. If not, your starting pay is around $38K.), and bureaucracy then this may be a good fit for you. Don't forget the fact that you will be dealing with raw human emotions and that your decisions will have real-life impact on people's lives regardless how correct those decisions are.

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