"I've worked as an engineer and as an attorney. By far, my current position is the best job that I have ever had. The compensation and benefits are great for the amount of time you have to work. It is wonderful having PTO that you can take without feeling any guilt. The level of autonomy I have with this job is also wonderful. I rarely have to rely on anybody else to meet my production requirements. The work is challenging, in a positive way, and the work is diverse enough to keep it interesting. I would strongly recommend this job to anybody that enjoys a solid work-life balance."
"Very subjective job. Depends highly on who you get for your SPE and reviewer. They will make or break you. Depending on management they can behave very unprofessionally. Lack people skills. And can not manage. Extremely gossipy work group. Reviewers especially primary examiners can and will abuse the little power they are given if they are bad reviewers."
"I worked at the patent office for a year and the people were amazing and the salary and benefits were amazing too. Unfortunately the work was too dull for me."
"Stone age personnel practices"
"The USPTO is an institution with a clear distribution of power (Apartheid-like): I do not mention whites in the distribution below, because white folks rule this place, and nobody mess with whites. By nobody I mean: LGBT, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics with white complex. 1- LGBT community are the most powerful (besides white folks). They can harass with impunity heterosexual new employees, and because you are under probation, you are out, at the 8th month in you dare to complain. Forget the EEO office, they do not work for you. 2- Blacks, are very empowered through the EEO office and its deputy known as Bismark. He just care about his people and is very aggressive if your mess with black folks. In level below, Bismark take care of the LGBT community and Asian- Americans. Hispanics have not rights here, unless you are White-Hispanic who speak perfect English. If you are not, Bismark (and the EEO office in general) does not give a f**k for you, even if you are being harassed by LGBT folks, or mistreated by your supervisor, called in this organization SPEs. 3. Asian Americans are empowered and are the most abusive Asian Americans that you can encounter in a civilian organization. By abusive I mean, people who does not have absolutely any respect for employees who do not fall in the classification above in 1 and 2 (Usually Hispanics who do not speak perfect English). Conversely, they worship you as a demi-god if you are white. Thanks God I do not work in this racist place any longer."
"Excellent place to work - an ideal work/life balance and the USPTO respects its employees."
"I worked for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for 7+ years. The job perks are huge: unparalleled flexibility, and ability to be relatively autonomous and quite a bit of PTO. The job itself can be pretty technical depending on the types of patent applications you see, but outside of that, the job is more about ensuring that the applications conform to the relevant laws and statutes."
"Deadline based job. Must be able to deal with multiple co-pending deadlines and be able to filter information fast. Job is very self paced and requires discipline. Depending upon relationship with management can be satisfying or miserable."
"The working conditions change with each presidency."
"Best place to work. Good Team workers, timely pay and great management"
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