State of Alaska Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"They tolerate bullies who lie, manipulate and yell."

"Public services is definitely different from the private sector. The level of political posturing (as in people just trying to do enough to retire) is staggering. After this experience is done, I will never take another position in public service, if I can help it."

"I've worked with the state for 6 years now and if you start at a clerical level it is incredibly hard to get out of the job classification into the technical or paraprofessional jobs. The state's system for determining if you qualify is antiquated and your job class weighs more heavily for moving up than your experience, skills, or knowledge.They are moving to a jail cell size office setup and the tech we are given is 3+ years out of date.The upside is the people."