Baltimore County Public Schools reviews

The downside of working at Baltimore County Public Schools are like most, the pay is not in the neighborhood of business and or industry. One must obtain a masters degree or equivilent within ten years or you will be terminated.

For every hard-working staff member, there is an incompetent one to 'balance out' their efforts. The 'good old boy network,' as at other large organizations, dictates who gets the best positions - competence and ability are seemingly opposing factors. Incompetent staff are nearly impossible to fire, requiring multi-year efforts to document a case while the offending staff continue to wreak havoc. (In one case, an embezzler was demoted - but given a full year under her old salary as time to adjust.) If you can align yourselves with hard-working staff (and even have that luxury - some groups do not), you may be able to insulate yourself from the incompetence around you. However, low tolerance for internal politics or useless staff remaining on the payroll - seemingly paid to drink coffee, chat on their phones all day, and tinker with personal projects - will quickly frustrate you.