Does City of Raleigh pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, City of Raleigh employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.2 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at City of Raleigh. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at City of Raleigh?

61% of City of Raleigh employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated City of Raleigh 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at City of Raleigh?

Summer Camp Counselor (8) , Police Officer (5) , Recreation Leader (5) , Systems Administrator (5) , Camp Counselor (4) , Firefighter (4) , Fiscal Analyst (4) , Lifeguard (4) , Counselor (3) , Director (3) , Engineering Specialist (3) , Firefighter/EMT (3) , Intern (3) , Lead Counselor (3) , Planner (3)

What are the pros of working at City of Raleigh according to real employee reviews?

"Considering what you do you get paid a decent amount of money and benefits are great especially if you have a family." ((in 41 reviews)); "You will learn a lot and meet great people." ((in 18 reviews)); "Great coworkers !" ((in 7 reviews)); "Training is good, pay is OK" ((in 7 reviews)); "good work environment" ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at City of Raleigh according to real employee reviews?

"Hours are seasonally variable and pay is low to average." ((in 26 reviews)); "Like any government work, the pay isn't great and getting a comfortable salary from an entry level spot will take a while." ((in 5 reviews)); "life balance, corrupt management, uncomfortable company politics, too result focused and not Employee focused, poor leadership, little room for growth not diverse and inclusive." ((in 5 reviews)); "Upper management is mostly made of people who have been with the city for many years." ((in 3 reviews)); "Not many, the hours are flexible and self determined." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed City of Raleigh locations?

Raleigh , Garner , New York , Willow Spring , Raleigh

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City of Raleigh reviews

3.6

61% would recommend to a friend

(295 total reviews)

Nancy McFarlane

62% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

City of Raleigh has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 295 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The City of Raleigh employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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Reviews by job title

295 reviews

4.0

Nov 7, 2017

Opportunity to contribute skills and expertise to the greater good.

Fiscal analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Security, retirement, benefits, growing community, good business climate, some work flexibility, vacation and sick leave policies are good (but may be changing), many good people work here.

Cons

Positive changes move slowly, not as progressive as I would prefer, wages on the low end of average for the area, too many employees still work here who would have lost their jobs in private industry.

3.0

Nov 9, 2022

Overall Positive Experience, Outdated HR

Planner

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I truly enjoyed my job with the City, though I attribute that to wonderful managers and supervisors. My team supervisor was flexible, communicative and very reasonable. That was not the case for others. My supervisor supported teleworking, though the City was attempting to get all to return to the workplace. Salary did NOT keep up with Raleigh’s rising cost of living, let alone inflation. And staff are consistently understaffed without necessary support, with upper management always demanding more. There was also no room for advancement - you either hope someone quits or retires. Benefits are good, that was a plus.

Cons

Stagnant salaries, return to in person work, cost of living/housing, NO PARKING at city offices (staff pay for parking or take public transit which is typically an hour+ for those outside the city)

1.0

Mar 15, 2017

Chemistry over qualification

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Job security. Very difficult to fire employees.

Cons

A lot of higher management staff members were hired because of their close relationship and chemistry with the bosses, instead of qualifications and experience. It is very hard for staff with strong technical background but weak politicking skills to advance, or even to perform job duties because the politician supervisors with little professional experience tend to burden staff with useless work load instead of helping with the work. Typical government!?

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