Pros
They offer a decent match on 401k, and the account managers/business development people seem competent.
Cons
This company ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT CARE about the employees outside of the corporate office in Bellevue. They have horrible benefits. The insurance rates are incredibly high - I found matching coverage for myself at a third of the price that they offered. The insurance rates are more than double that of the company that previously had our government contract. CSSS took over our contract from another company and started us all off with ZERO PTO and gave us each entry-level accrual rates. This is the fourth company to hire this group of workers for this contract over the past several years, and it is the ONLY one that didn't grandfather in seniority or PTO accrual rates. Personally, this is the lowest amount of PTO (considering it covers sick & vacation time) that I have ever earned, including my entry-level job I took right after college graduation. When the government building is unexpectedly closed for weather or some other reason, they force us to use PTO for those days even though we did not have the option to come to work (and the company still got paid for those days). They also base everything off an 8 hour work day, meaning if we work less than 8 hours in a given day, we must take PTO to cover the rest. So if someone works 48 hours from Monday-Thursday and then only works 5 hours on Friday, he/she must take 3 hours of PTO for Friday despite the fact that the individual has logged 53 hours in the week (I have personally experienced this more than once, btw). I have never been a part of or have ever heard of a company that expects more and rewards less than CSSS.net. There are a bunch of other little things that further this company's reputation as indifferent/uncaring. They probably would seem petty if I listed them all here, but rest assured there is a seemingly infinite number of examples that demonstrate this company's lack of respect toward its workers. A simple example is how they told us they were organizing a nice holiday party for us. They were going to rent out a space/room and have a nice meal for us. Of course, this party was postponed by the corporate office several times and never came to fruition. Eventually they did allow our boss to get some carry-out for us one day. So the holiday party ended up being carry-out from a local restaurant that we ate at our desks. That is in no way hyperbole or an exaggeration, and it is a simple illustration of how CSSS.net regards its employees. If you can avoid working for this company, do so. If they offer you a position, RUN AWAY!!!!!
