King County reviews

4.0

80% would recommend to a friend

(586 total reviews)
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Dow Constantine

69% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

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
4.0
Jan 18, 2023

Great if you’re BIPOC

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Pros

They listen to employees. If you have something to share, you will likely have a supportive boss who is genuinely interested in hearing you.

Cons

KC is obsessed with diversity social justice. It’s stressful because you’re always afraid of saying the wrong thing. They’re aggressively reprimanding people.

2.0
Jan 3, 2023

Lack of caring

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Pros

Pay and benefits are good

Cons

The employer could care less about its employees

2.0
Sep 29, 2022

Toxic Unstable Overall

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Liked feeling like I was doing public service.

Cons

- Most County Departments are underfunded - Poor leadership and support leads to instability and toxic behavior, lots of punching down - HR is not your friend - there to suppress you not support or help you. Absolute bullies. - Lots of ineffective bureaucracy and waste - Lots of PR and public facing nonsense from leadership creating a sense of cognitive dissonance for us and the public instead of giving clear direct information and data in order to keep the public informed. - Allowing public abuse has become normalized - All of the pr about diversity and inclusion is heartbreakingly like greenwashing - real effective change isn't actually happening. It's just exploitation for points.

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