State of Oregon Reviews

Pros

Team is supportive and helpful. The agency does good work.

Cons

It can take a long time to back fill positions so staff are frequently doing multiple jobs

Pros

Steady and regular. Step raises

Cons

Pay is a little lower than private.

Pros

Stable, secure position with some flexibility with scheduling. Hybrid work is nice. Good benefits and retirement. Great colleagues overall. Good mission to support.

Cons

Take a lot of time for a decision to be made. Risk averse culture. Management can end up spending a lot of time trying to improve employee performance in people who, in private, would just be cut loose. Some managers are invested in employee growth while others have little interest and would likely prefer the employee to stay where they are for selfish reasons.

Pros

Salaried workers without flex or overtime are mostly good to go

Cons

Hourly workers or salaried workers with flex-time, or overtime are still trying to get their pay balanced. The payroll program is being used in a way it was not designed. It is causing harm.

Pros

Great benefits for employees including insurance.

Cons

Loads of OT to be had which is not a con if you like to make money.

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Step increases on anniversary. Can be a great or a horrible place to work depending on who your manager is.

Cons

Having experienced both wonderful and other managers, this is as true at the State as it is in the private sector.

Pros

good team work amazing troopers its like heaven good and sweet

Cons

we deal with crazy people meth heads crack dealers etc trooper back up over 45 mins off

Pros

Unmatched benefits Great pay for DSP work with the option of as much overtime at you want (also see in cons) Great staff who are often supportive and doing what they can to make others lives better. Supporting interesting and amazing individuals to be able to live their best lives.

Cons

Limited ability to promote from this position without outside experience. (There are no positions within the agency that you can promote to with only DSCS experience) Can have an overwhelming amount of overtime. Can be difficult to make necessary appointments due to last minute mandatory overtime. This has cost me 100s of dollars in cancelation fees. Lack of resources to help individuals stabilize so sometimes it feels like we are completely useless. We have very few in house services, and the ones we do have are unstructured and not regulated.

Pros

Good Work Life Balance for everyone.

Cons

None at all that I can think of.

Pros

Small residental setting was therapeutic for patients and promoted integratoon to society for patient living with various psychiatric conditions.

Cons

New employees were occasionally harassed by a few of thr employees who had worked together for many years. The harrassmrmt and bullying caused low group cohesion and a distrustful milieu which eventually forced some newer employees to be unfairly written up, to resign and to be fired even though the same behavior was observed from the core group without disciplinary actions being taken in response to the behaviors/actions.