King County Employer Reviews

Generally, King County is an equal oppportunity employer with excellent salary and benefit package. It provides healthy working environment.

Influencing People that I worked with.

The Friendliness of the enviroment and management

Helping others find a solution to their circumstance gave me Great joy, and made the job that much more enjoyable.

Inspiring team members to reach for greater oppurtunities

Management showed me different approaches to situations

The most difficult part of my – more... position, was also the greatest learning experience. Such as dealing with difficult customers. Everytime you dealth with such, you would learn and be greater – less

• Shelving books and other library materials. Maintained the overall appearance of the library.
• Managing the patron supplies at the workstations and directing patrons to building landmarks.

Multifaceted government programs. I worked in the department of Public Health.
Government jobs are tough when you need to get things done... too much politics, even in Public Health.

A typical day is usually met with new and interesting challenges.

I love working for King County, it's relaxing and I feel the warm positive feeling there the people give.

A typical day is usually met with new and interesting challenges.

Although government is pegged with being overburdened with red tape, this employer had very few written management processes and didn't use management systems or tools (e.g. Lean). I understand they are starting to do so now but the culture is one of "we will outlast them". Top management is elected rather than being seasoned managers and, depending – more... on the elected official, they can chose to select cronies or professional managers. And it is true, employees outlast the 8+ years of any political/executive management reign. The result is program/work group oriented rather than corporate oriented culture, direction and loyalty. Decisions at many levels are based on organizational quirks rather than best practice, professional standards or even selection among researched alternatives.

There is a lot of potential to do good work in a variety of areas (environment, transportation, public health). However there is a disconnect from top management direction and worker productivity. It is an unusual organization, even for a public sector organization. – less