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- Current Employee★★★★★
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Learned a lot about psychiatric patients.
Cons
Have not hired psych NP's yet
- Former Employee★★★★★
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Jun 6, 2023 - Infrastructure Specialist in Columbus, OHRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Benefits, salary, job security, retirement & insurance
Cons
Less ability to come up with ideas on your own
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Good opportunity
May 26, 2023 - Advertising Coordinator in Columbus, OHRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
lots of chances to try high profile tactics.
Cons
Somewhat limited by politics and red tape.
- Former Employee★★★★★
New Poor management
May 26, 2023 - Senior Software Engineer in Columbus, OHRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good benefits Serving the state
Cons
New management doesn’t know what they’re doing.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Step increases and promotion opportunities
Cons
Typical bureaucracy where it takes a long time to get anything completed
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Great benefits, retirement and flexibility
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Travel, deadlines, stress, work alone, detailed report writing
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Great Opportunities for College Interns
May 5, 2023 - Anonymous Employee in Columbus, OHRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Opportunity to explore different fields of study under one agency. Flexible scheduling.
Cons
Most larger agencies are located in downtown metropolitan areas of Columbus, which can be costly for interns having to pay to park.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Nepotism is High
May 3, 2023 - Library Technician - Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan in Columbus, OHRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great opportunity to finish school as free schooling is offered. Compensation could be better but better than average.
Cons
The union reps are not active in working for you. Nepotism exist through all agencies, and Agencies are not willing to pull from other agencies in hiring process.
- Former Employee★★★★★
State advanced in Cloud Services
May 1, 2023 - Senior IT ManagerRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Public and private cloud Security, Cloud frameworks allowing for Cloud DevOps and FinOps from a central governing body.
Cons
State cannot compete on salary in this market.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great place to work… but the pay sucks!
Apr 29, 2023 - Senior Financial Analyst in Columbus, OHRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I enjoyed working for the state and they really show they appreciate you!
Cons
They show they appreciate you in every way but increased pay.
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State of Ohio has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 569 reviews left anonymously by employees. 66% of employees would recommend working at State of Ohio to a friend and 49% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
66% of State of Ohio employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated State of Ohio 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.5 for career opportunities.
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