Working at City of Auburn, WA: 20 Reviews

Good benefits, friendly coworkers.No support from supervisors, no room for growth, does not hire within. Teleworking rules are not enforced, not everyone gets to work from home.

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Horrible dictator runs the Public Works Department.

Project Engineer (Former Employee) - Public works - March 10, 2023

Don’t work there. People are treated poorly and from day one your told to watch your back because people get fired all the time if you’re not the Directors favorite.

Pros

None

Cons

Poor work environment

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City of Auburn, WA insights

Based on 8 survey responses

What people like

Ability to meet personal goals
Fair pay for job

Areas for improvement

Inclusive work environment
Energizing work tasks
Trust in colleagues

Unfair

Human Resources Assistant (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - June 29, 2021

Favoritism is high! If you’re not in the in crowd, you’re made to feel like an outcast. Terrible environment. Human Resources department shows very high turnover.

Pros

Benefits

Cons

Management

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Police Officer

Police Officer (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - April 15, 2021

It's a law enforcement job. The PD overall is a good place to work but there needs to be changes in upper level supervision. The City is overall good to its employees. Auburn PD officers work hard as they are under staffed for the call load compared to the other agencies around the South Sound. Expect to work hard every day with little slow time.

Cons

There are too many to list, but not employer related.

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Very political, arbitrary. insecure

Ec Dev mngr (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - June 30, 2020

Unpredictable, arbitrary leadership and policies. Toxic work environment. Many unwarranted firings/dismissals. Walking on eggshells and frequent changes in priorities and values. Poorly run finance department.

Pros

Flexible schedule, quality staff

Cons

Inconsistent support from certain departments

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Bad management and a lazy work place

Maintenance Worker Storms 1 (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - February 13, 2020

Typical work day is very slow to start. No one begins their actual work before first break which is two hours into the day. The breaks are supposed to be 15 mins and 30 mins for lunch but daily there would be extended breaks the 15s would be 45 mins and the 30 min lunch could easily stretch to an hour or more. Management does nothing about it because it could upset the workers. There is no structure to the individual development plans, management just reviews you after a period of time and expects you to have learned everything on a list they never shown you before. Things start out alright but after a while the work environment and the management begin to wear you down this is not somewhere I would recommend a friend or colleague to work. The only redeeming quality is the work week is a 9/80 so every other week you have a three day weekend.

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I volunteered to clear out invading brush

Volunteer (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - January 28, 2020

A simple task of clearing out invading plant life from a park with the help of my fellow community. This was no actual job, just volunteering experience.

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Enjoyed my time there

MAINTENANCE WORKER II (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - September 19, 2019

Liked working with customers and operating equipment. The current mayor is the best since being employed there. Too much political garbage and rules seem to be different depending on who you are.

Pros

Wages, benefits

Cons

Changing rules based on who you are

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Just not much to say very mellow and laid back culture with poor management downwards.

Maintenance Worker (Current Employee) - Auburn, WA - August 26, 2019

Just not much to say very mellow and laid back culture with poor management downwards. Hard Work is not valued as it should proceeding to create a product not at its best in good time but at a good enough standard.

Pros

Good acheldule, benefits, pay

Cons

Slow days, no work, Undee valued work

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Incredible Place to Work

Senior Planner (Current Employee) - Auburn, WA - August 2, 2019

The City of Auburn is one of the best government organizations in the Puget Sound Region. The jurisdiction is large enough to where there are interesting projects, but small enough to where there isn't a bunch of bureaucracy. The current Mayor and her leadership team makes Auburn an exceptional place to work.

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Custodial Lead (Current Employee) - Auburn, WA - July 23, 2019

great place to work for, people there are nice. Great pay, there are a lot of activity in the city for kids and adults. The mayor is A+ wonderful I would recommend the city of auburn wa.

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This is a fast-paced, busy department.

Police Officer (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - July 7, 2019

Officers who have entered this department from major cities have departed due to the workload and lack of staffing. The entire region is suffering from lack of qualified applicants, and many departments in the immediate area are recruiting amongst themselves.

Pros

LOTS of overtime available. Varied specialty assignments for officers.

Cons

The pay scale is below where it should be, and the mandatory overtime due to lack of staffing is driving even more officers away.

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little opportunity

Administrative/Analyst/Project Manager (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - July 2, 2019

Not enough jobs for upward mobility. Positions only available when people retired. There needs to be more oversight with management which is not prevalent in public sector.

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Secure job, Nice co-workers

GIS Specialist (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - October 31, 2018

The City of Auburn was a good place to work. My co-workers and boss were nice. At that time I was glad that they didn't allow overtime work. I learned a lot there. The benefits were great.

Pros

consistent work schedule

Cons

none

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Locate and map water meter and traffic equipment using ArcCollector

Great work environment (Former Employee) - 1 Main St Auburn WA 98001 - February 21, 2018

Work environment for the City of Auburn was enjoyable. Managers, supervisors and work mates were great to work with. Was able tro work independently and at my own pace

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Water Tech

Water Quality Field Technician (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - July 21, 2017

My time with the City was project-based, but enjoyed working with those in my department. I enjoyed my regular work routine to monitor water levels and animal patterns for the project. I was sad when the project ended.

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Best job ever

Data Collector ArcCollector (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - April 1, 2017

Working for the City of Auburn was one of the most enjoyable jobs I had ever worked. I was able to work outdoors and independently and the people I worked with made this job great

Pros

Great people fun job

Cons

Part time temporary low pay

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Great Place to Work

Help Desk Technician (Former Employee) - Auburn, WA - February 21, 2017

Technology and people are start of the art. Even though this was a city hall of a small city the management and staff are fantastic. If I was not working temporary I may have stayed here forever.

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