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 143 reviews)); "Good pay for less hours" ((in 50 reviews)); "Great people and activities for good purpose." ((in 45 reviews)); "Good work life balance to work" ((in 28 reviews)); "There's also some great colleagues I worked with." ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at King County according to real employee 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 10 reviews)); "Many managers have never done the job below which they are managing and cannot answer your questions." ((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)); "No training for new hires." ((in 7 reviews)); "Transfer opportunities are seniority based and not always approved by upper management." ((in 5 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).

Reviews by job title

586 reviews

3.0

Jul 15, 2014

Wow.. Not what I was expecting.

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good people A Pension Decent Salary Good health benefits Stability if you can handle the slow pace on accomplishing

Cons

KCIT is in a state of flux. Lack of resources to support current projects. No projects created for some major initiatives Staff seems to be in fire fighting mode all of the time. We are too busy doing operations no time to plan or discuss what we actually need to accomplish Bad Morale! Work/Pay/Bonus is not based on Performance Always finding the cheapest way of doing things, which may not be the best.

2.0

Aug 2, 2015

it's a job

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I agree w/a lot of reviews already on here - read the ones marked helpful. A lot of your experience depends on what department you're in and who your managers are. Pay not as good as private sector, but you only have to work 40 hours.

Cons

Leadership tone can really be set by the Exec - which is why I'm surprised Dow Constantine is rated so highly. He's done a good job marketing himself (and planting reviews here?). Under his leadership, bureaucratic waste has increased exponentially - which is ironic given that he supposedly is making the county government Lean. His staff sets rules and makes decisions based on what will make him look good politically and in the media - but they never gather any information from front-line employees before they institute huge changes (and a lot of them - anyone doing change management up there?) so most of the initiatives create more work instead of a "better run government".

4.0

Jun 24, 2015

KCIT Looking UP

Senior systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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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