State of Ohio Employee Reviews about "private sector"
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Return to all Reviews- Current Employee★★★★★
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You can make decisions that support and help your community and all Ohio residents live happy, productive lives.
Cons
Pay is not comparable with private sector.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Awesome job and love working for the state of Ohio
Cons
Sometimes it stinks to work for a state entity vs the private sector
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Health insurance. Vacation time accrued
Cons
Tax dollars are so wasted. Paying non essential workers to stay at home and watch tv since March 2020. They don’t want those people to get sick. I have to be at work everyday and be on time. People sitting at home don’t have to drive to work and pay to park. If I call in sick, I have to use my sick time. People at home get to save theirs up and cash it out if they want. If I want time off, I have to use my vacation time. People at home can save theirs up because they are already home. A lot of employees literally have 90% down time. People at work watch movies, play video games, surf the web and get paid for it. A lot of employees, when they working and when they are on break, it looks exactly the same. Working at the state, it’s not about how good of a worker you are, it’s about having people with authority in your hip pocket. Favoritism and nepotism is rampant. Most of the people I’m around couldn’t work in the private sector because they would have been let go. State workers are the laziest people I’ve ever been around. It’s disgusting.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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Good benefits and work/life balance. Predictable raises. Opportunity to provide a public service.
Cons
Lower base salary than some private sector organizations, but better work/life balance.
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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Decent pay, interesting work, good benefits, stability. The starting wages for many jobs are good and sometimes even higher than private sector, but raises and promotions don't happen often which causes some job classes to level out/stagnate when compared to other employers.
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Pension plan continues to change. The technology used is outdated and making any change takes years and is old by the time it is implemented. Job skills learned are often not transferable because technology is old or not used across all agencies. The hiring process is very different from the private sector, and can make it difficult for qualified people to advance.
- Current Employee★★★★★
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stable, varied work, good coworkers
Cons
salary not as high as private sector
- Former Employee★★★★★
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Great benefits, lots of job security
Cons
Pay lower than private sector
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Rather flexible hours, step increases
Cons
Lower pay compared to private sector, employment status can change with new administration
- Former Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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If you are a hard worker you will have an opportunity to climb the ladder at a faster rate than you would in private sector.
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There's a ton to list, Just be aware its a difficult place to make a difference and you want to use it as a stepping stone to get to that next big job in private sector.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
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Good pay Great work hours Satisfying work
Cons
Politics- too many people infatuated with the most recent scandal Managers have never worked in the private industry and it shows. In the private sector one does what it takes to make it work or one fails. The public sector managers just don't get it.
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