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3.5

42% would recommend to a friend

(839 total reviews)

Michael T. Reynolds

28% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

National Park Service has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 839 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The National Park Service 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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839 reviews
5.0
Dec 22, 2014
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Pros

This job was an experience of a lifetime. It felt great greeting and interacting with people each day that were excited to be on Alcatraz. Learning the history and presenting it to groups and/or individuals was also very fun and rewarding.

Cons

Pay is $250 per 40 hour week if you commute, $150 if you live in staff housing, so you will be making less than minimum wage. Technically it's a volunteer job.

5.0
Nov 18, 2014

Great Summer Job

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Great opportunity to work with the public -Hours are convenient (3pm-11pm ish) for college students -Sense of camaraderie among the staff The job comes in bursts. There will be an hour or two of hectic work, then some really slow hours, then another hectic frenzy. During emergency situations the job can be pretty crazy. It's great training for the workplace, though.

Cons

-As a government job, the onboarding process takes forever -About 75% of the people are really great, but the other 25% or so have no work ethic and you pull their weight As it is a concert venue, some patrons can be very intoxicated. And guess who has to put up with them?

5.0
Nov 17, 2014

Student Hire

Recommend
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Pros

Very friendly and helpful training

Cons

It was a temporary position

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