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Treated like a peasant - Administrative Johnson County, Kansas Employee Review

1.0
Oct 12, 2024
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Pros

Benefits, lateral co-workers were a great team and supportive of each other.

Cons

Micromanagement at its finest. Top mgr treated us like peasants and looked right through us. Highly political office and mgmt looking out for themselves and their careers. Stab anyone in the back, walk on them to climb the ladder, gaslight everyone due to their own incompetence. Bullies in the office were never fired even after multiple complaints to HR and investigations (lazy S). Toxic, probably one of the most toxic places. I really believe that management tried to divide our team in order to make sure we were as unhappy as they were. Direct mgmt were children and threatened us as everything was a “firable offense”. All to suck up to top mgmt. Didn’t want us talking to each other and punished anyone if she thought we were. Considered us gossiping about them if they caught us taking quietly (personal conversations we didn’t want everyone to hear and not about anyone at work). Constantly told our team we were doing something wrong just to keep us anxious. Left for way higher pay and self respect.

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5.0
Mar 14, 2026
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Pros

- Excellent benefits - Stable employment in the public sector - Supportive staff and management - Work from home for some roles - Diverse workplace - The county manages many different things, and there are a lot of opportunities to learn across many different areas

Cons

- Some older technology can be frustrating to use

3.0
Jul 22, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are very good and it can be meaningful work.

Cons

There are often high caseloads and leadership can be very mistrusting of employees with little accountability. Some supervisors are appropriate with employees and focused on helping their team do good work. Other supervisors are highly emotional and create unnecessary stress for their employees due to contributing to this culture of mistrust and micromanagement. There was a constant concern of supervisors searching for persons “gossiping” that led to secrecy, employees turning on one another, and took time away from important work serving the community. Career opportunities are limited by what supervisor you work for.

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