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Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Reviews
Updated May 25, 2023
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Found 484 of over 509 reviews
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- "I immediately contact my supervisor who was 100% supportive and told me 'If it was my mother I'd be doing the same thing.'" (in 7 reviews)
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- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Benefits are great with medical
Cons
Short staffing can be an issue
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Good pay but excessive training and complicated system
May 17, 2023 - Caretaker in Bellingham, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The SEIU union has done good work to make sure that caretakers are paid well.
Cons
The training required to be a caretaker is really excessive and doesn't address caretaking for children with special needs. Recording hours can also be a bit confusing and overcomplicated.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great pay, flexible hours
May 10, 2023 - LVN/Private Duty Nurse in Lake Stevens, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great pay, flexible hours, work life balance, more control over your own work.
Cons
Complicated system claiming hours. Lots of time spent learning how to use it. Update to the system caused more problems. Independent contractor work as a nurse can be lonely, and also requires resourcefulness when figuring out how to solve problems.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
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Simple from my history at other employment
Cons
Not enough pay for the amount of work and education required for positions
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Typical slow pace work here
Cons
Can sometimes be boring to work here
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Good Place to Work
May 25, 2023 - Fiscal Analyst II in Tacoma, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great PTO & work life balance
Cons
Lower than average pay compared to private sector
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Great employer
May 8, 2023 - IT Quality Assurance Analyst in Olympia, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great pay and benefits. Opportunity for advancement.
Cons
No bonuses, pay sometimes not competitive with private industry.
- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
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Retirement package after five years employment
Cons
The pay for mileage sucks
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
CSD: Disorderly, Illmanaged, Archaic Systems
Apr 3, 2023 - Public Benefits Specialist III in Tacoma, WARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Maybe if you’re lucky your management team will throw you a pizza party in lue of adequate pay.
Cons
Understaffed, bordering on a skeleton crew. As surmounting external pressure is put on the state to provide immediate results more pressure is placed on staff to perform quickly, accurately. Those two things are at odds most of the time. The clients can be incredibly difficult, working in office is traumatic day after traumatic day. Public benefit specialist is a high turnover roll, but at this rate it’s beyond a churn and burn. These positions also offer no work life balance, no work from home option, no flexibility for people with families. Also, decisions made at the top of the hierarchy are made without even asking people who provide services directly to our clients every day.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
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Helping people get services they need.
Cons
Pay is in the low side.
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Washington State Department of Social and Health Services has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 509 reviews left anonymously by employees. 68% of employees would recommend working at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services to a friend and 50% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. This rating has decreased by -6% over the last 12 months.
68% of Washington State Department of Social and Health Services employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Washington State Department of Social and Health Services 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Washington State Department of Social and Health Services to be career development, coworkers, benefits and the cons to be senior leadership, culture, management.
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