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Working at City of Houston in Houston, TX: 21 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Houston, TX Area

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On average, employees in Houston, TX at City of Houston give their company a 3.3 rating out of 5.0 based on 21, whereas overall Average Rating of City of Houston is 3.7 out of 5.0 based on 28 City of Houston Review Ratings. The happiest City of Houston employees in Houston, TX are Interns submitting an average rating of 5.0 and Senior Software Developers with a rating of 4.9.

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3.7
Average Rating
(based on 23 City of Houston Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.5
Growth Opportunities
3.2
People You Work With
4.1
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.0
Support You Get
3.7
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
3.6
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Working at City of Houston in Houston, TX: 21 Employee Reviews

Engineer

"An excellent place to work with people that care about their city!"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
City of Houston Employee

"I have worked for the City of Houston Legal Department since 2017. The work is challenging and interesting. However, turnover is high because of poor management."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.7
City of Houston (28)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is City of Santa Ana (6)
2.7 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Idaho Transportation Department (5)
3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (4,846)
Graduate Engineer

"I've worked for the city of houston for almost a year. I like the work environment and my coworkers are very helpful."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
City of Houston Employee

"I worked at the City of Houston Wastewater Operations Laboratory as a Chemist 3 for 8 years. It was a rewarding and exciting experience that was difficult to leave. I would have loved to stay at the Laboratory, but there was no chance for future advancement at the Laboratory."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Customer Service Representative

"I have worked for the City of Houston for 5 yrs and the opportunity for growth is little to none. The type of work is unchallenging and mundane. My particular supervisor is strict but fair, which allows for a little comfort working for the city. But overall the processes and technology is twenty years behind and are currently revamping some technology to become more efficient."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
IT Intern

"I have work for city of Houston Epidemiology department as my internship. My role was web developer. I have to re-design there website. Successfully, I have done my work in expected time."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Mechanic

"The overall City of Houston is a good place to be employed."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
City of Houston Employee

"I worked for the city of Houston on and off for about 5 years and I can honestly say that I have learned a lot and experienced a lot. It takes a special kind of person to work for the police dept. and I commend anyone who has what it takes."

Person You Work For 2.7 / 5 People You Work With 2.7 / 5 Work Setting 2.7 / 5
Support You Get 2.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.7 / 5
Company Culture 2.7 / 5 Way You Work 2.7 / 5
Senior Trainer

"30 years experience in Information Technology"

What do you like about working at City of Houston?

"Opportunity to growth, stable work enviroment, benefits, close proximity to home."

What don't you like about working at City of Houston?

"Politics Politics Politics PoliticsPolitics Politics Politics Politics Politics Politics"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sensitivity training"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Technical Hardware Analyst

What do you like about working at City of Houston?

"benefits and people, close proximity to home, school and church"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"familiarize yourself with company. be personable and engraging, pay attention. to detail."

What don't you like about working at City of Houston?

"managment - in experienced. bad use of resources, time and management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"none, except develop customer service skills, better time management and sensitivity training"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Software Developer
Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Systems Consultant
Person You Work For 3.8 / 5 People You Work With 3.1 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 3.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Senior Project Manager
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.9 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Intern
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Contract Compliance Officer
Person You Work For 2.6 / 5 People You Work With 2.2 / 5 Work Setting 2.4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1.8 / 5
Company Culture 1.9 / 5 Way You Work 1.8 / 5
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