Pros
-Excellent health insurance, not too expensive -Pension (if you believe those will be around in 30 years) -People are generally nice and care about you personally -Decent pay (though maybe not competitive with the private sector for advanced positions) -Free parking downtown -Hard to get fired, unless you fail a drug test -Low expectations, which is a plus if you want no accountability for your job If all you want is a job to clock in and out of for the rest of your life and no aims to advance your career elsewhere, this is the company for you.
Cons
-Like being stuck in 1979 -Afraid of technology. If you want to be on the cutting edge, this is not your place. The idea of doing something modern is literally a joke around the office. -A huge number of employees are close to retirement, so nobody is rocking any boats. They've been doing their job one way for years, and they have no intention of changing. -No real vision from leadership, at least not that makes its way down the chain. No clear direction means total lack of proactive strategy. Everything is reactive. -Bureaucracy, both internally and because of oversight by city government. Lots of legality and politics (literal and figurative). -HR policies are straight out of the 60s and based on an assumption that employees can't be treated like adults. Not unusual in old companies, but something that needs to end in 2017. -Culture of fear. As long as your boss thinks you're busy and problems aren't your fault, you're winning the game. That's all the way up to the top; President doesn't have advisers, he has people who tell him things are A-OK in their department. -Terrible reputation. Not completely deserved, but they sure don't do much to change it. Most people stay here because it's easy and comfortable. Besides, if you work here for 15 years, you'll be so far behind the times, you won't be competitive in the job market. Again, if you just want a paycheck until you retire, that's great for you. I count it as a negative. Nobody expects excellence here. Or if they do, they don't think it's worth the effort to fight the company-wide apathy.
