Job Not a Career - Senior Systems Administrator King County Employee Review

1.0
Aug 6, 2020
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Pros

Good benefits, including healthcare, life insurance, sick and other leave, telework. Many excellent coworkers. Unionized. The union helps keep the bad managers at least monitored and called out and occasionally can push to get them removed. There are many fine social programs that give staff more options for improving their situation. The health program has much potential if it were applied more sincerely at all management levels.

Cons

Not able to function as an admin. Rules and policies keep changing and are not enforced consistently. The animals are running the zoo. They are penny wise and pound foolish. People, projects, and programs are chronically underfunded and set up for failure. Much project management devolves into bullying of staff who are trying to contribute. An authoritarian system with managers desperately trying to impress those above them and dumping stress on those below them. The managers will say they favor work-life balance and employee health, but their practices are too often the opposite, causing burnout.

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5.0
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Pros

Great work life balance Off-site team building yearly if not more Health insurance is top Tier Pay rise yearly

Cons

No room for growth in some department

4.0
Mar 10, 2026
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Pros

Came to Rail from another division in the county, so much better than certain customer facing divisions. Work like balance and hybrid model are great. Lots of room for advancement in the admin world if you want it.

Cons

Can feel like you’re being micro managed or watched from the top at times but middle management is usually good at mitigating this.

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