office assistant

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The city provides excellent benefits but suffers from a total lack of vision. The pay is below average for similar work in other governments. Job security is bulletproof, nobody gets fired, ever. You have to literally commit a crime while at work to get fired. Vacation time and compensatory time is extremely generous. The City has an odd residency requirement which forces all employees to live within city borders which is a major disadvantage. I quit, in part, because of this rule.

Management in my agency was extremely lacking in any sort of leadership skill. There was no communication between upper management and all employees, not even e-mail updates, aside from a yearly financial report. The upper management was completely detached from the workforce, and was most concerned with reducing overtime compensation.

This helped foster low morale and perpetuated a chronic lack of trust of management by employees, including a paranoid suspicion of ulterior motives for every snip of rumor passed down from City Hall.

While the majority employees were excited and proud about their jobs and responsible, they were hardened from years of a perceived "pounding" by management. It seemed, more accurately, that the reason for hard feelings was that independent thinking was squashed, and employees were not encouraged to think "outside the box." In fact, the complete lack of workplace creativity and independent thought was the second reason I left. The work culture was toxic. Morale was further driven down by lack of discipline and accountability of "dead weight" employees, who would not make it in a private sector position, but would nevertheless earn the same pay as stellar employees.

Most managers are hired from within an agency. Nepotism outweighed merit. For example, the second in command in my agency lacked any experience related to the agency's mission, and possessed an unrelated bachelor's degree, yet obtained the position paying over $110,000. Bureaucracy was thickly layered. Several redundant positions with uneven staff numbers left some managers responsible for few employees and some with dozens. Incompetent managers are found at all levels of the bureaucracy at my agency. The residency requirement could be to blame for low quality people, as management compensation exceeds similar positions in other governments.

Are you kidding me a review????????????????... Tell more people to donate money and time???????????????  We have the best available but not enough volunteers.

Good team we have at the pantry.  We are one and growing and people love the pantry.  Thankfully, we have donations from the Green Bay Packers, Boy Scouts, and Pick N Save etc............. 

Give what you can.  Hunger exists everyday.  It does.  Help!  Any and every penny. I just can tell you donate to what you can.  Others reap from the benefits..... Hunger ... Refuges and at the pantry Church we help the refugees learn English....Burmese  and others refugees as well we teach.  

Be kind and respectful... in one minute you can change a life and to give is the best.

That being noted .... think of faith, kindness and happiness with a bunch of love entwined  as a greatness of a big knot of love.....as before you know it .....life is short.  

Get out there and live it as you should.  

Before you know it you will ride that bike, skate board, ice skates, roller skates or a surf board or a sail boat .. be strong my friend can be Basketball, Baseball, Football. Tennis, Soccer


 

One day at a time ... that is the requirement.  Do not give up!!

Life is a treasure and it holds a bountiful  of meanings to each and everyone of us.

Peace and Kindness to all!!!

After I applied, it took about 6 months to hear anything back. When I did hear back, it took another month or so to schedule the interview. It then took about 2 more months before I actually had a start date. 

In retrospect, the fact that the hiring process was disorganized and unprofessional should have been a much bigger red flag. 

If you need a job that provides a decent salary, I would look elsewhere. The City pays WAY below market rates and there aren’t opportunities for raises. 

Everyone is working under the constant threat of hiring freezes. Retention rates are bad across the board. When employees leave, other staff are just expected to take on additional responsibilities because the City leaves vacant positions unfilled.

Even the benefits are no longer keeping up with other places. Health insurance is very expensive and the benefits (the services, treatments and medications covered) have been slashed (especially the past 2 years). 

such a wide variety of duties which could be from change a lock to cleaning up a flood or fire damage,very exciting at time and never boring, you meet a vast number of people from resident to politicians. you learn to fix, repair and service a lot from a simple door knob to equipment as complex as boilers. you learn that you are important to your co-workers because you all have knowledge that each of you can use, making a very gratifying environment the hardest part of the job I would say is that the company has lost that family atmosphere and family value. when it felt like everybody mattered. what I like most about the job is that it was always unpredictable so no day was every the same and you where always learning something new that always made your day exciting and interesting.  .

Everybody comes in; you deal with a vast array of personalities. Regardless of their attitude, you have to adjust yourself accordingly as to keep the rules of the city intact. Working for the city woke me up and settled me in the world of professionalism. You meet a lot of interesting characters, all of which help build your character, be it discipline, speech or tactfulness. The city hires mainly professional people who poise themselves in a dignified manner. My coworkers were very forgiving and laid back in reality. The hardest part of the job was learning to take the job with every ounce of respect you have and implementing it into your output of work. The most enjoyable part of the job was the great benefits and perks of working for the city.

A typical day in the Mayor's office, we will start with a stand-up meeting, to discuss the issues of the day.

The most significant thing that I learned is that so many people are clueless to their rights and responsibilities as a voting public. Too many people have no idea how to utilize the resources that are available to them.

The hardest part of the job is dealing with all of the death and destruction. I was in close contact with both the Milwaukee Fire and Police departments. I would get many of the calls when a tragedy occurred.

I found great pleasure in serving the people! People are our greatest assets. Having the ability to empower them, even briefly is an extremely gratifying feeling!

A typical work day during regular season is morning meetings with supervisors to discuss projects to be completed. Job assignments are issued according to job titles and positions. All supervisors are very hands on and instrumental in project completion. I enjoy working with all supervisors and co-workers to effectively complete each city project. The most challenging part of the job is time management but i learned to always keep a consistent pace and all jobs will be completed as schedule. I enjoy seeing a finished project, knowing the role I played in making sure that the streets of Milwaukee were worked on by someone who prides himself on quality work.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Efficient often fast-paced reception of election ballots in an honest transparent and fair environment. I am proud to be part of our system of free and fair elections in the United States.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Large numbers of new election registrants to vote,most often an Presidential and other high profile election campaigns.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Professional with routine training to prepare us for frequent changes of election law and procedure.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I work an eight hour day. Supervise other election workers for receipt in English and Spanish of voter registrations and other election materials.

Custodial work is pretty much simple but time restraints added by people who did not know the ends and-outs of a project or specific procedure made it more difficult than what it was.Co-worker situation was fine with no problems at all.A typical day depending on the month would entail cleanliness of highrise housing or complex,turning around vacant units by cleaning-out old furniture,cleaning,repairs,stripping and waxing floors.Dumping trash of the entire building was also done daily.The hardest part was meeting deadlines and repeated lifting.The most enjoyable was meeting deadlines and resident relationships.

The City does offer generous salary in comparison to some other sectors, and benefits may be ok for those who accrue enough expenses to pay their deductible within a year. It is hard to work here and be in your 20's or early 30's, since most employees are older. Coming from other workplaces with more of a warm office culture with collaborative attitudes assisting in getting work done, the cold, unbearably uptight office culture has been disappointing. Annual performance reviews don't take place and management lacks focus and supervisory skill - there is a strong sense of every man/woman for themselves. I would advise including questions about the department structure in your interview, so if you do not like your role you can assess your opportunities to move around.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Office assistant 4 salaries reported	$44,497 per year
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Inspector 2 salaries reported	$103,061 per year

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