Does King County pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, King County employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at King County. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at King County?

80% of King County employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated King County 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at King County?

Project Manager (21) , Program Manager (12) , Intern (8) , Transit Operator (7) , Administrator (6) , Engineer II (6) , Human Resources Analyst (5) , Internship (5) , Attorney (4) , Engineer (4) , Functional Analyst (4) , Intern - Hourly (4) , Supervisor (4) , Administrative Assistant (3) , Administrative Specialist II (3)

What are the pros of working at King County according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and pension!" ((in 134 reviews)); "Good pay for less hours" ((in 55 reviews)); "Great people and activities for good purpose." ((in 47 reviews)); "Good work life balance to work" ((in 27 reviews)); "Independent assignments and great benefits" ((in 12 reviews))

What are the cons of working at King County according to real employee reviews?

"Managers don't talk to their staff." ((in 10 reviews)); "No training for new hires." ((in 9 reviews)); "poor leadership, lack of direction, too many chiefs, lack of clarity, unprofessional behaviors amongst some management (gossip, temper tantrums, language, nepotism,etc); resistance to change; behavior and communication that is inconsistent with the County's priorities of promoting equity, or improving public engagement." ((in 9 reviews)); "Poor culture" ((in 9 reviews)); "Was an Americorps position so I wasn't making enough money to justify the long hours and high demands." ((in 8 reviews))

What are the top reviewed King County locations?

Seattle , Renton , Kent , Federal Way , Issaquah , Tukwila , Bellevue , West Seattle , Brooklyn , Houston , Hanford , Everett , Gig Harbor , Kirkland , Maple Valley , Puyallup , Kissimmee

King County reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(586 total reviews)

Dow Constantine

69% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

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King County has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 586 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The King County 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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586 reviews

3.0

Oct 11, 2013

It's a Job

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Some departments have great programs and assignments...some even have great commraderie among employees! The current elected Executive is more management oriented than the last.

Cons

Top down management, hiring based on who likes you, reinvent the wheel mentality, senior-level management positions are political appointments and may not be 'best-in-class'. Some unions rule the roost...the needs to be more partnerships and what is good for the citizens, not just employees. Management/Services are not based 'best practices' or 'systems thinking' models.

2.0

Sep 6, 2013

The good, the bad and the ugly

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you want a structured routine work setting this is it Union shop; benefits are protected Many dedicated, reasonably talented and pleasant colleagues An organization overall with progressive goals & aspirations Salaries (all published online, search "bloom king county") don't compete with private sector but great benefits, and earn a portion of state pension even after five - ten years or so Stay long enough and promotion should come; also there will be a big-exodus out of there as a bubble of people retires Active attempts happen off and on to improve leadership and work culture

Cons

Aging workforce not engaged in social media - 15000 employees and so few reviews here! Old school (or no school) style of management - with resulting "compete any way at all to be the winner" behaviors of some staff, while most staff adapt by just going with the flow Experienced and good people in the workforce - but they are much affected by the layers and layers of bureaucracy (much of it required by law and other portions of government) and sheer arrogant lack of interest in employees' input A culture supporting a couple of layers throughout of highly paid managers who do more to obstruct than act, if they do much at all. Many protect their turf and each other. Workplace bullying (look up the definition) definitely happens there with damage control to contain it. Many lay-offs as county gets smaller and revenues lessen County exec as boss; likely a cool dude- they exec's are elected every 4 years and inherit the workforce and its long-time culture

3.0

Mar 17, 2013

Ok employer

Anonymous employee

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CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very interesting work- great trials

Cons

Very political- hard to get in

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