Working at State of California in Sacramento, CA: 18 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Sacramento, CA Area

"Good place to grow and learn with excellent benefits."

"The State of California suffers from utilising a 60 year old mainframe with a series of retrofit emulations. The users are accustomed to working with key strokes to do their job and are unionised. State workers work in an inverse culture that suffers from exclusiveness rather than inclusive unconscious bias. These are the challenges I take on willingly and unselfishly."

"Does not have the best leadership, coaching, training, and development. Promotions are not merit-based."

"Working for Caltrans was an amazing and rewarding experience!"

"Having come from the private sector, the state is a whole different animal in that it seems that people do the minimum work they are required. I much prefer the private sector."

"Good benefit, nice work environment, good retirement. I retired from this position after working for the state for 20 years."

"Great benefits. Good compensation. Excellent leave program.Lacking opportunity to develop."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"Job Security and benefits for me and my domestic partner"

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

"Just be yourself, I really don't think they screen the applicants very well..."

What don't you like about working at State of California?

"There are so many lazy people here! I can do the same amount of work in half the time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Review all the staff's performance and get ride of those that are not productive!"

"State of California is a slave state work here if you want to be treated poorly"

What do you like about working at State of California?

"I did not like working here - employees are treated like dirt and given no reason to believe they have intelligence"

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

"do not work here - the State of California is the worst place in the world to work - RUN!!!!"

What don't you like about working at State of California?

"If you have a brain you do not quality if you do you will be rewarded with poor job and poor pay"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"learn that all people count and you are not a dictator"

What do you like about working at State of California?

"Freedom to solve problems as well as being able to design solutions"

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

"Be honest, have your CV up to date and have great references."

What don't you like about working at State of California?

"There is lots of paperwork for something as simple as swapping out a bad hard drive."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Accept input from staff on improvements as they are close to the problem."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"It's more pragmatic with regard to policy changes and structure."

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

"I've been taking on more and more challenging tasks and taking on more responsibility without a promotion or raise."

What don't you like about working at State of California?

"Without structure it gets a little harried at times, but it's nice to dictate my own work load and projects."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I'd promote the underling who's busting his chops all the time!"

What do you like about working at State of California?

"I like the generous vacation time earned as well as multiple holidays."

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

"It really depends on the interviewer. Show them that you are eager to work hard and learn."

What don't you like about working at State of California?

"Too many lazy individuals. The amount of work done by 3-5 employees could be done by 1-3 employees if they weren't lazy."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would understand that employee morale is overall very important."

"Excellent! Important work, great people"

What do you like about working at State of California?

"I enjoyed the work, as it was important, as well as the people."

What don't you like about working at State of California?

"Unfortunately, this was a temporary assignment, which was completed successfully, with rave reviews!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It would have helped if management had listened better to some suggested improvements."

"Not especially a pleasant place to work"

What don't you like about working at State of California?

"many of the decisions made by management in the direction taken by the project"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Become more familiar with technology"