City of Austin Employer Reviews

Great place to work, great people, hard workers. Working for a campaign funding manager

Work starts at 6am. We begin with morning stretch and go. This helps with on the job injuries. I learned to operator a recycle truck and all the gadgets with loading material into the truck. Management supported and has an open door policy. The hardest part of the job is the long hours and the best part is knowing we are helping out the community by – more... recycling yard trimmings. – less

Mapping and editing on ArcSDE. Every day learning new skills in ArcGIS 10 and tricks to make work more productive and efficient.

While virtually any local municipality can provide a mediocre wage these benefits are overshadowed by the C O A culture to cater to obnoxious, untrainable, disrespectful employees at all levels including management. Having worked in employee relations with the city I have first hand knowledge of the culture and hypocrisy displayed by the leadership. – more... It doesn't take much pressure from the quasi unions to make the leaders lose their initiative and let employees with years of documented performance/behavioral issues off the hook with a slap on the hand. If you really enjoy working with ungrateful, self righteous inexperienced executives, this is the place for you. – less

great place to work, great benefits---like everywhere else, you have your ups & downs but when something happen or there was a death in the family, they were there to help out. I met lots of awesome people while working there, sometimes management were really hard to get a long with, they would write you up for any little thing.

I worked at the Boys & Girls Club for a summer job through the City of Austin. The job was very easy-going and I didn't mind going to work. Everyone worked together and took turns doing certain things.

This is a great place to structure your own internship. I can help the City of Austin with their conservation needs, and at the same time, pick projects to work on that will provide me with valuable industry skills.

I wish I still worked there! Great Managers, Great co-workers, Great retirement plan.

Good place to work, good benefits, good pay, great co workers

Overall it was a great place to work. even though it was a short summer project.

I formerly worked in the Instrumentation and Controls group at the Water Utility. I will say that the job has good points. As long as you don't blow anything up, you won't get laid off or fired. The insurance benefits and retirement are also very good.
Now for the not so good. You'll arrive to the shop first thing and enter a room of silence. There – more... is no communication at all between the techs and the supervisors. After hanging around in the shop for a bit, you then get in your truck and head to either a plant or into the field. It is up to you to plan your day, and make sure that you have everything that you need. Don't look to the supervisors to help you. They are busy smoking outside, and the Superintendent is hiding somewhere deep in his office.
Then there's on-call. You are totally on your own with this!! Anytime that anything goes wrong, Instrumentation is the first group that is called. It is up to you to go look at the problem, which most of the time could have waited till the next day; or it's a SCADA or an Electrical issue. Nonetheless, the calls don't go thru a supervisor first. They are too busy enjoying their weekend.
This is my opinion of this group only. I've talked to other folks within other departments and their experiences seem very positive. I've obtained a new job that I'm very satisfied with that includes a positive culture. This can be a good job; just be aware of what you are getting into. – less

At Seton Family Of Hospitals , It was a great and new experience. I cleaned rooms, As well as making the open space comfortable for the patients as if they were my parents and i knew how important it was to make their first visit their best visit. The manager was very nice , Helped with any questions that needed to be answered. The Co workers as well. – more... Always had special treats in the lounge for us which was thoughtful and generous. The only part of the job that was hard was lifting the beds to clean under and getting every speak of the dirt. Even parts you couldnt spot. But the most Enjoyable part was working as a team with some of the other employees in the same room. There were good and bad days ,But i stuck it out and stayed as positive as possible. – less

I've been in management for 20 plus years which has enhanced my experience as a manager and co worker.

A typical day for me involved customer service which was me and my department specialty. I enjoy the the thaks we get when we help a customer solve their problem or concern. I've learned over the years as a manager that everyday is a new beginning – more... for anyone working in customer service because no mattter how good or not so good your day ends. You get a fresh start the next day to make it better. My coworkers and i look foward to delivering great customer service each and everyday.
Customer service comes very easy for me because the bigger the challenge the higher i rise to the situation. I enjoy working with both internal and external customers. – less

Researching and developing training material; implementing training; most enjoyable part of the job was working with my supervisor.

Learned how dispatcher work, what meter reading is all about, working with great people the hardest part was balancing at the end of the day. I loved my job entering numbers

Very simple job that paid well and was flexible with my class schedule. Most of the time I was able to do homework or study for class in our down time. Management was a bit underwhelming, but friendly enough.

City of Austin strives to be a leader in most areas regarding environmental issues and programs. Highly motivated professional staff.