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Updated Jun 5, 2023

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Found 338 of over 371 reviews
3.6
62% Recommend to a Friend
56% Approve of CEO

Found 339 of over 371 reviews

3.6
62%
Recommend to a Friend
56%
Approve of CEO
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94 Ratings

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Pros
  • "Benefits are good(in 56 reviews)
  • "Good pay for not having a lot of educational requirements.(in 22 reviews)
  • "The people are great and make it all worthwhile.(in 21 reviews)
  • "Most managers support you in maintaining a good work/life balance.(in 13 reviews)
  • "If you're okay with keeping your head down you can have pretty decent job security.(in 10 reviews)
Cons
  • "Anyone can become a manager so you don’t find experimented people in those positions.(in 11 reviews)
  • "Management can be pretty poor quality.(in 8 reviews)
  • "overwhelming workload, changing expectations, poor management, no overtime, low salary, bad working conditions, not much attention to safety from higher ups(in 6 reviews)
  • "Lack of support for Managers by upper Management and HR(in 5 reviews)
  • "Lack of leadership and struggle to hire enough competent staff.(in 5 reviews)
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  1. 5.0
    Former Employee

    Great team

    May 24, 2023 - Opa in Portland, OR
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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

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  2. 4.0
    Current Employee

    Steady

    Jun 5, 2023 - HR Analyst 2 in Salem, OR
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Steady and regular. Step raises

    Cons

    Pay is a little lower than private.

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  4. 4.0
    Current Employee, more than 10 years

    Exec Assist Feedback

    Mar 11, 2023 - Executive Support Specialist II in Portland, OR
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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.

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    1 person found this review helpful
  5. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    Payroll Issues

    Apr 2, 2023 - Support Worker in Salem, OR
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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.

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  6. 5.0
    Current Employee

    DHS

    Apr 21, 2023 - Direct Support Crisis Specialist 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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.

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  7. 4.0
    Former Employee, more than 8 years

    Completely Depends on Who Your Manager is

    Apr 1, 2023 - Operations and Policy Analyst in Salem, OR
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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.

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  8. 5.0
    Current Employee

    best thing at oregon state police

    Apr 6, 2023 - State Police Officer 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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

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  9. 3.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    Potentially great

    Oct 11, 2022 - Direct Support Crisis Specialist 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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.

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    2 people found this review helpful
  10. 5.0
    Current Employee, more than 5 years

    Great employer

    Apr 16, 2023 - Data Analyst in Salem, OR
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    Pros

    Good Work Life Balance for everyone.

    Cons

    None at all that I can think of.

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  11. 4.0
    Former Employee

    Patient or caregiver centered?

    Feb 15, 2023 - Sales Associate/Cashier 
    Recommend
    CEO Approval
    Business Outlook

    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.

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State of Oregon Reviews FAQs

State of Oregon has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 371 reviews left anonymously by employees. 62% of employees would recommend working at State of Oregon to a friend and 59% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, State of Oregon employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at State of Oregon. This rating has decreased by -4% over the last 12 months.

62% of State of Oregon employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated State of Oregon 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at State of Oregon to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, culture, management.

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