KCIT Looking UP - Senior Systems Engineer King County Employee Review

4.0
Jun 24, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

-Very good CIO -Operations seeing rapid and welcome change with inspired leadership at the Director level. -Adopting best practices -Great people -Looks to be better growth opportunities and accountability

Cons

-Lots of old-guard management who confuse management with leadership: not the same thing -Salaries are significantly lower than private industry -many individual contributors have an entitlement attitude -In some areas of IT, there is fear

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5.0
Jan 2, 2026
Recommend
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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
Recommend
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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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