State of Ohio
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great learning environment
Maintenance technician (Former Employee) – Lancaster, OH – August 9, 2018
great place to learn and grow with partners that are willing to teach and help you grow as as a team as well as an individual person. very understanding and helpful managers and employees alike
Great Place to work
Solution Architect (Consultant) (Former Employee) – Columbus, OH – July 27, 2018
Great Place to work with a bright and engaged team. Medicaid systems are vendor managed to understand their working was a challenge. But many new and varied technologies exist.
Top down politically driven
Deputy Director (Former Employee) – Columbus, OH – July 21, 2018
The culture continues to focus on and hinder itself due to top down heavy hand political influences. Your political affiliation determines your career success.
Pros
many diverse challenges
Cons
Political distractions foster counter productive working environment
Good platform to prove oneself and move in chosen direction
Full Time Tax Examiner Associate (Current Employee) – Columbus, OH – July 17, 2018
The organization does a good job training new employees in complex, in depth understanding of tax procedure and law. The training culminates after around 6 weeks into full time phone duty taking inbound calls from taxpayers. While this training is taking place, the employee has access to training literature as well as communication with lead agents to assist I resolving customer issues. This time answering calls, along with assistance from lead agents, develops the new agent into a confident and knowledgeable employee who is of great service to the taxpayer in understanding their tax situation.
Pros
Free Education
Cons
Non stop calls
Stressful
Juvenile Correctional Officer (Former Employee) – Marion, OH – July 17, 2018
You were just a body to fill a position they, management did not care about their workers. They didn’t value their employees at all. Employees have no rights.
Pros
Pay
Cons
Everything
what I learned, most enjoyable part of job,
Claims Analyst (Former Employee) – Columbus – July 16, 2018
I learned to work with RAS, AS400 computer programs. I also learned to develop claims for people with disabilities. I loved the work I did to help people who needed to receive disability income. Developing claims was the most enjoyable part of my job.
Pros
excellent benefits, flex-time, regular pay raises
Cool Job Without a Degree
Driver License Examiner 1 (Former Employee) – Painesville, OH – July 14, 2018
If you don't have a degree, working at the BMV is simple and can be exciting. You meet people from everywhere and being an examiner gives you a chance to get out of the office. If you don't like repetition, THIS IS NOT FOR YOU! You have the same uniform, say the same things, have the same routes everyday. If you enjoy working with people, you will like it. Punctuality is a must and uniform must be together at all times. Supervisors do pop ups but they are nice. There is opportunities to go to different locations around the state too. It's good if you're looking for security.
Pros
Security and Simple
Cons
Repetitive, Punctual
I've never worked for the state of ohio
Registered Nurse (Current Employee) – Cleveland, OH – July 9, 2018
I don't know what this is about. I don't work for the state of Ohio and never have. I can't get off of this page. I work for Tri-C and it is a county college but not owned by the state of Ohio.
Stable job with good benefits.
Account Clerk II (Former Employee) – Columbus, OH – July 8, 2018
I enjoyed the staff and working for the Industrial Commission. There were many aspects of my job that involved customer service. Not only reconciling the invoices but also setting up training for staff. The management staff were great when I worked there.
Pros
Good benefits, staff were great.
Cons
Parking downtown.
Sad to leave
Office Assistant III (Former Employee) – Columbus, OH – July 2, 2018
I had been an employee of the State of Ohio for 7 years and absolutely loved it. Management could use some work and it was typically cliquey no matter what agency you'd work for. Typical political environment. One can advance quickly if you befriend the correct people.
A good contract job.
Psychiatrist (Former Employee) – Lucasville, OH – July 2, 2018
I worked for the state of Ohio part time as I built my practice in psychiatry. The individual who hired me was kind, flexible, and easy going. I worked very hard but not because of job demands but because of the human needs in the prison system where I worked as a psychiatrist. A tragic work setting but not a difficult work environment.
Pros
You know you are needed.
Cons
Contract work with no benefits
Ok place to work
Software Development Specialist 3 (Current Employee) – Columbus, OH – June 26, 2018
Like any state position contractors get the best projects to work on while the state employee have to do bug fixes and maintenance on old software. State employees end up fixed the bugs that contractors make . The contractor leave and the state employee are stuck fixing their code. All this while making 3-4 times less than the contractors.
Pros
Quiet, freedom, job secuirty
Cons
pay way below standard, senior mgmt, location, old tech
overall aspect
Security Officer (Current Employee) – Columbus, OH – June 13, 2018
Everything in Government and public service takes a long time to accomplish so you have to have a lot of patience. Sometimes you are stalled because your are waiting for something from another department so things move very slowly.
Pros
benefits
Cons
poor communication between departments
Employment
An employee (Former Employee) – Ohio – June 8, 2018
If you get into the right agency then your working days will be all good. Get in the wrong one and you’re looking at daily misery. Having a state job is always touted as a good thing and I’ve come to realize it’s really not all that.
Pros
Benefits
Cons
Office politics, poor management
A steady job
Central Office (Current Employee) – Columbus, OH – June 8, 2018
If your not in the know you have no chance. If you don't know someone in a high place then chances for advancement wont happen. You will be qualified for a position but they will already have someone selected.
Pros
Security
Cons
Nepotism, Favoritism, Very Political
It was very stressful
Corrections Officer (Former Employee) – Caldwell, OH – May 30, 2018
The job was a good job but it was stressful atleast 90% of the time. Felons in the state of Ohio are not treated as such. This job is basically a 24/7 daycare center for adults who never listened until a supervisor came in
Pros
Good pay
Cons
No offical lunch, stressful
cool job
Therapeutic Program Worker (Current Employee) – 1756 sagamore rd. Northfield ohio 44146 – May 29, 2018
Pretty cool job to have, great benefits and unlimited overtime. Management is not the best but are approachable and helps out when you need them. Overall a pretty good job but not career.
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CW2/LSW (Former Employee) – Dayton, OH – May 23, 2018
Montgomery County Children's services is the ideal place of employment for working mothers and fathers. A typical work day does not exist. There will be a new experience everyday. I learned how important it is to keep a family together.
Management is supportive.
The workplace culture is laid back and conducive for learning the job.
The hardest part of the job is removing children from their parents care.
The most enjoyable part of the job is reunifying children with their parents, after a parent has completed the necessary requirements for the children to return.
Management is supportive.
The workplace culture is laid back and conducive for learning the job.
The hardest part of the job is removing children from their parents care.
The most enjoyable part of the job is reunifying children with their parents, after a parent has completed the necessary requirements for the children to return.
Pros
Paid time off, self scheduling of appointments and Comp time.
Cons
Comp time is earned due to the long hours that may be required on some days.
Ratings from women
2.7InHerSight Score
2.3Personal Development
3.1Career Opportunities
2.9Family Support
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