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      3.0

      36% would recommend to a friend

      (2,784 total reviews)

      Carolyn W. Colvin

      34% approve of CEO

      23% positive business outlook

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      Social Security Administration has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,784 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Social Security Administration 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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      1.0
      Jul 1, 2022

      Great Benefits, but Terrible Place to Work if You Are an Experienced Attorney

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      Pros

      You will never work more than 40 hours a week and never work on the weekends. Additionally, the benefits of paid time off, sick leave, retirement, and options for healthcare plans are great, so I could see how it would be great if you had a family.

      Cons

      You are not respected for your opinion if it is outside the normal procedure and there is no place for individuality. Moreover, if you are an experienced attorney then your experience actually works against you because they do not want your experience. Instead they prefer you fit each decision you write in the form they use where they value the quantity completed as opposed to the quality of decisions that will be upheld on appeal. In fact, if you focus on decisions that are legally strong enough to be upheld on appeal then you are criticized and reprimanded. In addition, you are only allowed a limited amount of hours, between four and six hours, to review all evidence, attend a hearing, analyze testimony, any discovery, and draft a legally sufficient decision.

      3.0
      Jun 21, 2022

      Was happy to leave

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      Pros

      Work life balance, with flexible start and end times. Leave is approved pretty easily. Dont have to talk to customers or other people really, can just do your work. No unpredictability.

      Cons

      A lot of micromanaging, which makes you not feel like an attorney. Management is patronizing at times. The workload becomes unreasonable at times (large cases) and management pressures AAs to perform at high productivity rates at over 100%, and preferably at 115% or above. This puts a lot of pressure on AAs who are already struggling with the workload. Reasonable accommodations are hard to get from management. They will fight you. Rare opportunities for promotions and there's a lot of competition for it.

      3.0
      May 5, 2022

      Dont walk away, RUN

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      Pros

      None other than coworkers can be great.

      Cons

      WOW, I have worked govt jobs before with long learning curves, but this is just crazy. Nothing makes sense. You have to learn how to round numbers all over again because they have 3 different ways to round. Sometimes its up, sometimes it is down and sometimes sideways. Very stressful job, not worth the pay.

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