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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
1.0
Dec 21, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

You get paid decently. That is about it.

Cons

People here are weird. Managers are total failures in life but because of seniority they become managers. Workers are lazy and anti social. Most of interactions between workers are fake and superficial at most, with entrenched hatred for each other under neath the surface. I work here for 6 years and I have never met someone who I want to hang out with outside of work. The place also instills a culture of intimidation and sexual harassment. If you are a guy, which I am, you are subjected to abuses behaviors by top staff. I was told to be more productive even though I have the top cases counts process per day. I was yelled at by a random manager who is not in charge of me but another mod in front of fellow employees. If you are a woman, it is very casual for men in the build to solicit "dates" from you. Also there is no way to block emails from perverted male co workers at work so most women ended up just suffering in silence. Managers won't do anything and that is the norm. Opportunity for advancement is very small unless your relatives are in upper management. But even if you advanced, you are bound to perform below the level and ends up dragging the institution down.

1.0
Dec 18, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There is absolutely nothing good to say about this place.

Cons

Lack of any proper management. Corrupt higher management has created a hostile work environment. If you can't accept their judgement, then you will be bullied and harassed. No one wants to take responsibility for their lack of proper management and will always blame the other person. This agency needs to be audited and completely restructured, otherwise there will be nothing left for the working class today.

3.0
Dec 14, 2014

The same as any typical governmental agency

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible schedule. Better benefits than having none.

Cons

Benefits are still not great being that it's the federal government. Most people that work there have been there forever, very stagmented in approach to work. Very difficult to get promoted as advancement are either based on favoritism.

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