CITY OF SAN DIEGO Employer Reviews

Better leadership, team players and respect others work space. Was able to help others with a smile

I enjoyed the alternative/flexable work schedule. I was part of a great team and supervised 5 clerical staff.

-a typical day at work -work on project
-what you learned- many tasks
-management -very friendly
-your co-workers-friendly
-the hardest part of the job -n/a

-the most enjoyable part of the job-when I could help others

Typical Day was Law Enforcement, Learned to appreciate people, Management or Sargent's very caring, Co-workers were a power team to back you up, Hardest part was the death of a friend, Most enjoyable was I delivered 2 babies in the field.

I was given a contract job to create a website for the city of san diego and so i did and they paid me good for it

Work daily on employees time work, performance report thru their Supervisors, confidential filing system, mileage, benefits, Cal-Osha, vacation, Out of Class assignment, sick leave and all other leave,
preparing spreadsheet.

Process new employee, retirement, resignation and all other documents and submitted to the Personnel Department. I learned to – more... be flexible and understand the employees personal situation, although it is all confidential.
The hardest job, is when employee is terminated..due to wrong doing or class is terminated due to out of budget.

Enjoyable part is our fringe benefit and recognition of being a good employee. – less

In parks& rec. I serviced city parks and Recreation and wastewater Departments. performed janitorial tasks including cleaning, sanitizing, and deodorizing recreation centers. suprvised general relief recipients and documented time cards. mowed , aerated, fertilized city parks lawns.in wastewater department I operated cleaned, and maintained wastewater – more... collection systems. operated vactor and rodder to clean sewer systems.at night. – less

Since I have been working at The City of San Diego for the Open Space Division, my time has been split between office work and field work. A field work day typically consist of going out to one of the San Diego's district to GPS brow ditches, then creating the attribute tables to describe their conditions and the repairs that are needed. In addition – more... we take several pictures for visual purposes. The office days are consisted of uploading the field day data into the computer, creating binders for the District Managers, which include the maps of the brow ditches (pdf version), their attribute tables (excel sheets), and pictures documents. In addition of working on the Brow Ditch Project, I have also been working on the Environmental Growth Fund Project (EGF) for the districts of San Diego. The (EGF) files have allowed me to expand my knowledge about the extensions of ArcGIS using Spatial Analyst Tools, Queries, Data Management Tools, and Analysis Tools. Managers are friendly, easy to talk to and provide great resources for all the interns. Co-workers are always willing to help each other and work as a team to provide great results in a timely manner. The hardest part of this job is dealing with slow computers. The most enjoyable part of my internship is the field work since I love the outdoors. – less

Learned alot about the bureaucracy revolving around engineering and construction. Have the opportunity to see private companies from the other side of the spectrum. Co-workers are very nice and laid back. You work downtown so you get the best lunch choices in the county!

See my application for typical tasks I performed.

Financial Management duties included budget development, financial analysis, policy development, financial reporting, and process improvement.

I would ride my bike to work, then surf or swim, get in my uniform, take a watch in the tower or patrol, make inspections on Friday and Monday, complete a field training, workout, lunch, tower watch, patrol, train some more.
I learned how to read people, save them from their dangerous mistakes, take action early and manage a beach.
The management was – more... usually very good and fair.
When you love the ocean and work with others who share your passion, it is hard to have a bad day at work.
Seeing people get hurt is probably the hardest thing to deal with.
The best part is training and learning how to properly perform so many fun physical activities. – less

Excellent job with job satisfaction, low pay, bad equipment, bad management, politics, shift work and dangerous.
Problem was internal corruption here as well.Preferential treatment
and politics was very heavy.
I was not treated with respect even though I rated very high in the academy.
I was suspected of being "undercover" for the U.S. Secret Service, – more... my former agency. – less

enjoyed working with Park & Rec, due to cut backs hours got cut