wastewater operator

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City of Oxnard

The people are great, however management and City politics prevent any needed progress from being made. They currently do not pay close to the median salaries per position in comparison to the county or state. 

The ability to advance one's career is also limited as they refuse to do internal promotions, instead preferring to open all positions to the public rather than promoting qualified individuals in house. This adds considerable time to the hiring process. Also if you  are promoted from one position to another, you are only afforded a 5% pay increase even if your worth is greater than that. 

The mid-managers suffer without regular pay increases as their union does not have steps for regular pay increases and HR refuses to entertain the idea of raises that are not required by Union contracts.

Top management seem's to ignore multiple mid-managers grievances with certain in place policies which stifle the hiring of staff.

However, if you get a job here and pass probation, you will have steady and secure employment.

A typical day is usually slow but occasionally it can get stressful. You don't learn much and the management is alright. They just need to work on effective communication and consistent improvement within the departments/workers. The culture isn't terrible. The hardest part is the lack of communication given to the workers which makes it difficult to communicate and answer general inquiries. The time sheet is inconvenient because you have to go into the office on days that you work or busy with school. It's also pretty complicated because the hours are constantly fluctuating. There's a lot of call - outs so there is a pressure to pick up these hours when you've already planned out your week for school/other work. The enjoyable part of this job is being able to grow with the community.

Depending on which department you work for, the City can be a good place to work.  Unfortunately, the Housing Department has new management that do not provide the support needed by staff. The  staff are overworked and are expected to meet unrealistic deadlines/requirements.   There is severe favoritism and serious concerns with the Programs Manager and the Director.  If you would like details please view the City of Oxnard Counsel Meetings regarding the “Housing Authority”, there are several complaints by various people/parties.

The Animal Safety unit was a great position and was very busy covering a city of 230k people. This is a fun job especially knowing that every day is different. I was enjoying my stay for approximately two years until I was advised that my position was not going to be funded for the next fiscal year. Regretfully, I began searching for another Animal Control position which materialized in an adjacent city. I am currently enjoying my stay with my current position until I make my move to an out of state position.

A typical day on the job site was demo of old electrical, layout of newly proposed wiring diagram.
I learned that I could get a job done in crunch time situations.
The management was alright, they tend to set a lot of unrealistic goals for the trades, but all in all they were good people.
The hardest part of my job was dealing with co-workers that didn't like the fact that I made much more money than them.
My co-workers, out of the 25 man crew I really enjoyed 23 of them, very good people.

Set up for the lesson of the day, check in students, take them outside and lead warm ups with them and then play their game for the day. Then after 40 minutes line them up again to rotate to next class. At the end of the day the children get checked out and we clean up. Co-workers are friendly as well as management, they try to meet the school site needs all the time. The hardest part about the job may be the management of some of the troubled kids who act up and the most enjoyable part i the kids!

What is the best part of working at the company?
The People I work with are great, professional and put in tons of effort for such a vast City.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working on too many Projects with very little Staff.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It can be very Professional in some cases.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I show up to Work and perform my Inspections and DO what needs to be done.

I always enjoyed working with my co-workers. They made my job easier even on working on deadlines to submit work. 
Running an office was my passion. I always kept things organized and neat, whether for computer tasks or office environment. 
Working with a budget was time consuming but very gratifying.


Management would not give enough training to each individual new hire that is needed to perform day to day. There was no leadership or any one person who we felt comfortable in confront with our questions or explanations without feeling the payback and consequence.

I worked with the City for a few years and if it wasn't because i absolutely loved what i did, I wouldn't of been there too long. I worked part time and there was no way to move to full time and raises were about once a year with maybe only a 1% increase. If that!! I loved what i did and that was the only reason I stayed so long.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Wastewater operator 11 salaries reported	$51.91 per hour
Administrative services 7 salaries reported	$34.86 per hour
Maintenance person 8 salaries reported	$27.92 per hour
Customer service representative 9 salaries reported	$28.55 per hour
Urban planner 38 salaries reported	$91,591 per year

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