Working at Los Angeles County Probation Department in Los Angeles, CA: 3 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Los Angeles, CA Area

What do you like about working at Los Angeles County Probation Department?

"Benefits and salary"

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

"Be prepared for a labor intensive experience"

What don't you like about working at Los Angeles County Probation Department?

"The inbreeding of promotions and special favors from upper management and terrible reverse discrimination of employees. Disliked how poorly the officers handled the minors in the jails and camps. The incompetence of the employees of being grandfathered into the department despite not knowing how to read or write a report."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs to not give special treatment to employees they are related to or are friends with. Management should not extort their employees to work beyond the eight hour shift on a forced hold over and told you will be fired if you leave when your shift is done."

"Being a DSO allowed me to help structure and help some of our misguided youths."

What do you like about working at Los Angeles County Probation Department?

"I have not worked for decades."

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

"You must desire to help juvenile delinquents and to direct their paths."

What don't you like about working at Los Angeles County Probation Department?

"The constant unsurity of my personal safety from shift to shift."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Lobby to pass new laws that don't protect the incarcerated juviniles vs. protecting the staff/officers."