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3.1

36% would recommend to a friend

(2,785 total reviews)

Carolyn W. Colvin

34% approve of CEO

23% positive business outlook

Social Security Administration has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,785 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good 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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3K reviews
5.0
May 26, 2015

Westcoast Metropolitan Patrol

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Awesome staff Very flexible Great locations Organized Caring Competitive pay opportunity for growth

Cons

A lot of locations do not have microwaves to bring your own food a lot of locations does not have a security office

2.0
May 25, 2015

SSA

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good Benefits, pay, and hours

Cons

Overwhelming, stressful, limited resources, horrible training, poor morale, micromanagement, unethical behavior,coercive, supervisors will often lie &, pervasive harassment.

2.0
May 18, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Better than good pay with 20th century union benefits. Never take work home with you. Have deep conversations (if you care) with lots of random people.

Cons

Due to the power of the unions (I was in AFGE), complacent, unmotivated, and/or lazy workers were unable to be fired. This drags down the output and environment of an office. It is the simplest crap to understand as a manager. SSA has a fantastic data system to determine a workers' value. Due to the union, our tax dollars are being spent on inefficient salaries, benefits and pensions because they aren't allowed to reward those whose value is demonstrated by the numbers (quantitative outcomes) and attempt to alter the behavior of the under achievers. Nah, why do that? I have to get mine. I don't trust managers to determine my value....blah blah blah. The agency could be run like a well oiled machine if there was not a union involved with SSA.

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