Pima County (Arizona) reviews

The professional environment was driven primarily by threats and fear, hailing from the CIO but rippling through the entire organization. Day-to-day is not based in mission-focused cooperation or even competition of ideas, but in placing blame.

- Difficult to obtain promotions - once you get in, it is hard to move around, and good luck getting a promotion that will pay you more than around $1,500/year (and you may wait many years to get that). - Forget raises - even if you deserve it. There are no merit raises; only those given to everyone by the Board of Supervisors whether worthy or not. Last raise was over 5 years ago, and paychecks have been eroded by increasing health and pension co-pays. - Pension is not free - employees do contribute substantially to it, as they do to health benefits. - Managers by and large are horrible with lousy skills. Those there the longest get plum positions whether they are management material or not, and they receive little if any training. - The County makes no effort at retention of qualified people. The County trains employees, but fails to recognize excellence or reward it, so the best people leave.