Working at City of Long Beach in Long Beach, CA: 14 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Long Beach, CA Area

"Excellent City to be part of. Personnel are helpful and friendly and want you to succeed. They let you work with your mind and hands to deliver the best product to the City of Long Beach. I am proud to have developed a complete Body Worn Camera program the use by over 800 police officers."

"Great place to work and retire if you like to move job titles often. Good people great atmosphere. Sometimes can get a bit crazy when issues cannot be resolved. Not much opportunity for growth into management."

"If you like to help and care about people this company is for you"

"Northrop Grumman is a great company to work for due to: employee support, great team atmosphere, and knowing that my efforts was in support of our nation's defense. I worked there from 2018 to 2019, and only left due to commuting reasons. The work of procuring materials was challenging yet extremely rewarding. The company employees over 85,000 employees and is in the leading edge of technology."

"Great benefits, amazing people, but poor pay."

"Great place to work with incredible colleagues and stellar benefits."

"Working for the City of Long Beach was overall an enjoyable experience. The position of IHOC-Team Leader however, was poorly constructed, with a lack of clarity as to duties and expectations."

"I, personally would not advise working for a government entity, unless that is your passion in life and what drives you."

"I've learned how to be professional and collect data"

What do you like about working at City of Long Beach?

"Although it was a work environment, All f the staff had a fun time bonding with one another on a personal level. We learned new techniques of professionalism."

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

"The peer advocate position is designed and coordianted for high school students only."

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

"I did not like the fact that the position I worked was only for high school students. So there was no room to grow or more higher up in rank."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The managment was great. Perhaps allow students whom would like to continue employment, allow an opportunity to do so."

"Management intern in the City Manager's office"

What do you like about working at City of Long Beach?

"Long Beach provides significant responsibility to its management interns. Management interns work on a variety of projects that are high priority solutions for the City leadership."

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

"Be sure not to confuse Long Beach with the City of Los Angeles. Long Beach City government officials are very sensitive to the fact that Long Beach is the sixth largest city in California and they do not like to be in Los Angeles' shadow."

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

"There are limited opportunities for growth due to budget cuts and the tendency to promote staff based on tenure and not job performance."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Consider adopting flexibility in the city's hiring processes. Often times Human Resources controls the process rather than the hiring department."

"This was a part-time contract position through an agency"

What do you like about working at City of Long Beach?

"I liked the hours and that part of my job required me to do research."

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

"Be yourself."

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

"What I didn't like is it was part-time."

"Excellent for beginner"

What do you like about working at City of Long Beach?

"Helping people, working with a good group of people."

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

"At the time, management wasn't taking HazMat too seriously (1985)"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Many corrections have occured since then."