Prince George's County Reviews

Pros

Direct focus on improving Prince George's County by providing job training, Entrepreneurship, and overall attracting and retaining wealth in the county.

Cons

More on the job training

Advice to Management

Be more proactive and have more sense of urgency

Pros

Fast pace, easy to learn but you need to adapt

Cons

benefits are bad and harsh hours.

Pros

The programs are engaging and the community is supportive. The staff is friendly and seems to enjoy the work they are doing.

Cons

Working for the government means it takes a long time for things to process. It took me months to get my resume through HR even though I knew that my current boss wanted to hire me. We have also had trouble getting requests satisfied in a timely manner.

Advice to Management

Streamline the HR process so that things can be processed in a timely manner; continue to update the website so that it can reflect the plethora of offerings given by the county.

Pros

Pensions is great! Constantly learning new things

Cons

Upper Marlboro location is not very accessible to the residents and community life

Pros

Job security, plenty of overtime, rewarding to help people

Cons

long hard stressful hours, standards constantly changing, underpaid

Pros

Free Water at work. secured parking

Cons

Very Long and Stressful Hours.

Advice to Management

Stop Playing favorites

Pros

The County is a dynamic fast paced environment that is a great place for someone who is just starting their career because you will learn a lot and be exposed to a lot.

Cons

The salary is not very competitive compared to other County governments.

Pros

Very Stable, hard to get fired from. decent benefits if merit employee, able to take time off easily, coworkers are good to work with,

Cons

Underpaid, little to no room for advancement, very clique-ish, not flexible, morale is as low as the pay, hostile work environment caused by leadership, overall not a great work environment

Advice to Management

Invest in leadership, build a rapport with you employees

Pros

Paid for international licenses and accreditations from IAED, APCO, Meters/NCIC, etc - all huge assets to other agencies 3.75 day weekends (after four 12-hour days over 5 days)

Cons

Less pay than adjacent municipalities and counties Much higher work output required than adjacent agencies Very weak union Poorly managed by untrained "professionals" from outside of public safety who have little to no knowledge about most aspects of the job. 12 hour work days, changing from two consecutive mornings to 2 consecutive nights; you're constantly changing sleep cycles. Pay periods are inconsistent because...

Advice to Management

Hire from within. Retain employees by securing more funds; most new employees quit within 6 months, wasting +$30,000 on background investigations and training periods to lose employees to a job paying $3000 a year more.

Pros

It's a job I guess.

Cons

Unless you really want to be an emergency dispatcher, I would advise you to explore other careers. The hiring process is entirely too long for a $32,000 salary. You have to pass an exam, do two background checks, interview with a panel, submit high school and college transcripts, etc. You'll probably have to work weekends, evening or night shift and through holidays once hired. You can apply for a Security Officer...