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State of California

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Work environment isn't that great and promotions can take years. - Program Technician II State of California Employee Review

2.0
Apr 6, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

If you're looking for a work environment and job tasks that never change, then this is the employer for you. You do get a monthly salary, a full benefits package, vacation, and sick leave.

Cons

If you have a college degree, this is not the employer for you. Once any of your co-workers find out that you have a college education, you're considered a threat and treated badly. The work environment is definitely not professional. The people that sit at their desk and paint their nails, give customers the wrong information, and don't know how to complete their job tasks correctly are the ones who get promoted. The salaries aren't competitive anymore and the benefits package is considered one of the worst. The training opportunities or personal growth are not very good. You'll also have to endure mandatory furloughs (sometimes as many as three a month) if there are issues with the state's budget.

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Cons

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Pros

Work is easy, it can be fulfilling if you have purpose and you really think you are serving the public good. Friends can be lifelong, once established, the day goes easier and politics is manageable. Union, they seem a waste but when you have a documented grievance, it's all you have before it get's expensive. Retirement, what can I say, the golden handcuffs.

Cons

Management, mostly poorly educated, croneyism and nepotism is rampant. There are a few gems at all levels, but they are few and far between. Tribalism, pick a flavor and support your friends or you'll be sorry, Monsters, the micro-manager is not urban legend, but real. Hang around long enoigh and you'll encounter them, learn how to use the Union and understand it's not you but the broken system. Some managers literally believe the grievance process is part of good management. HR, basically the tool of management to support the rampant incompetence, croneyism and nepotism. HR has an underground sytem to track malcontents through their apps, it's subtle, go read between the lines. IT, you will learn to love the outdated technology Budget, a joke, it's just a placeholder to shuffle money to pet projects. If private businees budgeted this way, they'd be bankrupt overnight but overwhelmingly successful.

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