State of California Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Company does not feel stable."

"I spent twenty two years at CA, Most of them great. New executive came in and things changed."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"great opportunites for growth and new initiatives"

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

"Understand long tem vision to create security for a career path"

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

"after new executive team came in, loyality and past success's did not have any weight on your value"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take care of the people and do not let knowledge walk out the door"

What do you like about working at State of California?

"Regular employees were great."

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

"Management can't find there way out of the bathroom. No wonder the state is broke."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit and get some real managers."

"A secure place to work."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"Good advancement"

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

"Need long procedure for advancement, lower compensation compared to similar jobs elsewhere."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Need to change advancement procedure."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"assist inmates do legal work....."

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

"not a teaching library"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"need improvement"

"contract expired good place to work"

What do you like about working at State of California?

"being able to help others"

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

"nothing"

What do you like about working at State of California?

"I enjoyed the people."

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

"The company has been retrenching for years. They create few new products internally, and most products are obtained from acquisitions. Make sure you know what you're looking for."

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

"Cubicles. Producing more code was valued rather than producing quality code. Code architecture was based on buzz words, rather than the problem to be solved. Loss of buying power of my salary by inadequate raises, as compared to true inflation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management needs less infighting. Products should be crafted to solve customers' real, not imaginary, problems."

"Boy was this a mistake....."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"its ajob, it pays,"

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

"If you've worked in the private sector for a very long time , the State will be a rude awakening..."

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

"they cant keep me busy enough, I can't promote at this time unless I want to LOOSE money due to furloughs, and there are openings"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"THINK before you act."

"Great professionalism managed poorly"

What do you like about working at State of California?

"Very interesting and challenging work; Peers very competent, well educated, and professional"

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

"When you are in doubt about the meaning behind a question, remember to say that you will defer to Management or that your job is to serve Management. If you hit it off well with an Executive level person, be sure to stay in close contact and you will go far."

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

"Management allowed to run department as their own fiefdom"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Remove Examiners from State employees' union and put them on a par with other states' and federal examiners, remove current management and recruit new management from bank compliance executives"

What do you like about working at State of California?

"Salary, benefits, and coworkers."

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

"Be aware that CA offers great salary and benefits but that it is a stockholder owned company and must meet certain quarterly plateaus causing constant layoff of personnel."

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

"The ever-looming prospect of being laid off."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Offer better chances for advancement. Offer better resources in order to complete jobs at hand."

"Great people and benefits but would have liked stronger upper managment."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"I really enjoyed the people I worked with at CA. Even though I am no longer with CA, we still keep in touch."

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

"In the recent years, cutbacks in the company (eliminating annual picnics, holiday gatherings, etc) appeared to lead to a decrease in morale in the local office. Coming to work was not as fun as before."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Find a way to have occasional company non-work activities so that the employees can bond in a relaxed environment."

"Excellent employer."

"I enjoyed working for the government and receiving excellent insurance benefits."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"Stable employment and great benefits."

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

"Multiple levels of supervision."

"Great place for one who has strong technical or sales skills."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"High Tech, a niche leader, great people, had the best tools and resources available to do your job"

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

"Technical strengths will get you the interview, cultural fit will get you the job."

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

"As of late a constant thinning of the workforce, outsourcing throughout the company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No longer there."

What do you like about working at State of California?

"not a thing"

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

"dont go"

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

"bad pay a lot of confusion"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"they need all new people"