4.0
7 Sept 2014
Current employee, more than 3 years
Seattle, WA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Work with some really smart and ambitious people. There are good opportunities to move around the county to different departments and divisions to try out new roles and responsibilities once you've proven yourself to people higher up the chain. Fair compensation for public service. Time off.
Cons
There's always a couple of bad apples and at the professional level it can be hard to find a work life balance. King County will need to do a significant amount of work to prepare for the retirement of baby boomers and hand the reigns over to younger staff. There hasn't been enough transition and knowledge transfer for this process to go smoothly.