police officer

recreation leader

planner

truck driver

administrative assistant

City of Pittsburgh

The duties that I performed were, collecting tax checks and knowing which taxes they were for, inputting the information for the checks into the correct spreadsheets, entering information for new employees, setting up parcel spreadsheets via porta spreadsheets, figuring out the tax value of certain parcels (city tax, state market or standard tax value), I was also asked to research the spending and usage of municipal bond money and I created a 2017 tax revenue spreadsheet to track quarterly tax payments.
Throughout this internship, I have learned a lot, mostly about taxes and how they are spent, but also about the way our city uses them to create better infrastructure and improvements. I think the tax that sparked my interest most and really helped me learn about forecasting finance was the entertainment tax. That is one tax that really fluctuates and is difficult to predict. The city counts on their events to bring in revenue for the city. Some months they have many events while other times they have very few. In addition to taxes I also learned about municipal bonds, those bonds generate revenue for the city as well, however; if the government does not spend the money in time, they will be taxed twice as a penalty.
One difficulty that I faced during the internship was the feeling of wasting my time. At the beginning of my internship, it was the start of the tax season. I was mostly in charge of data entry and that really started to make me feel as if this could potentially be the wrong choice for me. Thankfully, once the majority of the tax information was processed I was able to move on to different assignments and found the internship to be exactly what I was looking for. During the first couple of weeks I would go to the supervisor and ask him for additional assignments to try to switch things up, but he asked me to just complete the current assignments so that we could move on to new things. He felt I might get overwhelmed if he was to throw too many things at me. He was right. I did not know how much more involved and relevant the new assignments would be. After the completion of the data entry for taxes, my supervisor gave me a research project on muni bonds. Once that was complete he then demonstrated how they predicted the flow of income for the city from the different types of taxes they collected. Through communication and learning to be patient, I discovered how truly informative and beneficial this internship was.
I feel that the internship was extremely worthwhile; it allowed me to take my education and apply it to real world scenarios. In school, we are only ever given things with right or wrong answers. We never really have the opportunity to apply our knowledge to relevant things and that is why internships are so important. This gives students the chance to show that they can be valuable in a position. Through my experience here and also with my previous internship I learned that it is almost more valuable to have work experience than a degree. That is why I was so eager to do more than just busy work. Thankfully this internship turned out to be more than just a way to pass time. I am very grateful for the opportunity that I was given with the city.

This position offers direct engagement with challenged youth in direct community service and in after-school tutoring and counseling sessions. I also have worked directly with elderly citizens, conducting interviews and creating art projects at this position. The position is very challenging and emotionally demanding. The work is gratifying, but poorly organized, and there is no training and limited staff support. Communication and leadership are very strained throughout the division, and new projects often supersede ongoing concerns. The office is cross-generational, with a very specific hierarchy and ever-shifting expectations. There is also an above-average amount of physical labor that is divided specifically by gender.

Compensation is well below average for the demanded skill-sets.

A typical day of work consists of checking the help desk queue and looking for escalated tickets. After that, you pick tickets relevant to your expertise and you work those tickets. I have learned so much about network infrastructure and maintenance and it has helped me build my career immensely. I have also made powerful and influential connections since it is a government job. For the most part my co workers are exceptional. The hardest part of the job is the hours you have to work, and being on call on weekends. The most enjoyable part is having the ability to learn what you want to learn at your pace.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It's a physical demanding job , you learn various training on different pieces of equipment, you learn different skills of labor including snow removal, pot hole repair, landscaping etc.Also there are always new daily tasks or challenges to keep things interesting and exciting.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Plowing dangerous hills in the winter months 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's a mostly positive experience 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Our day's start at 6am and it's always a variation of things that can arise from emergency calls to daily assignments

As part of Mayor Ravenstahl’s communications team, I write and edit various types of publications – from press materials to community newsletters – manage social media and web content, conduct research, oversee production of marketing materials, assist with media outreach and event coordination, inform staff about relevant communications information and more. I work with both internal and external entities to complete tasks under firm deadlines – while ensuring quality, consistency and effectiveness – and understand the necessity to maintain a professional and respectful relationship to ensure the advancement of the message and material.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Benefits  that’s all that I good about working with the city 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Use to be one of the best job in the city 
Lots of pride in the job 
Now it extremely micro managing employees are constantly being harassed by unqualified supervisors and staff  
It was at one time a job the one was proudly retired from , now they can’t keep anyone on the job 



What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Horrible working conditions  it went extremely woke  please apply somewhere else 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressed bad management and work environment

I am by title a  Network Analyst, but that translates to System Administrator. I also dual function as Scrum Master. My daily tasks include, but not limited to running backups, configuring switches and routers, creating vm's and maintaining them in VSphere, maintaining integrity of servers in virtual and physical environment. The benefits are great, and you get a ton of hands on experience especially in the IT department. The hardest part of the job is the lack of competitive pay, and lack of training because of pre-defined budget constraints.

A Typical work day for me is putting out network, IT related fires. Not a lot of time for proactive troubleshooting. Upper management is lackluster at best, and due to their lack of technical knowledge, it is hard for them to grasp the scope of work. Upper management is appointed, where as everyone else is hired based on the proficiency of knowledge to their related field. Things get lost in translation. The culture is chaos, but being a troubleshooter at heart it leads to an interesting time for me. The most enjoyable part of the job is the ability to touch multiple platforms of technology.

A typical work day is troubleshooting computer and network problems or installing software. I learned a lot of SCCM installation procedures.
  The management was extremely talented, helpful and insightful.
  The hardest part of the job was learning things on my own with no training, however it was very intriguing and fun.
  The most enjoyable part of the job was troubleshooting and having a team with a vast amount of skills to help me grow and learn

A typical day is fun and educational programming for youth and families. A flexible management is necessary to be successful at this position.My co-workers and staff have a friendly and welcoming attitude at all times. Working with children always has it's ups and downs, but our goal is to provide the best environment and experiences for our participants, young and old. Being able to be a positive influence in the lives of our members is the most enjoyable and fullfilling aspect of this position.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Police officer 12 salaries reported	$22.95 per hour
Recreation leader 14 salaries reported	$16.18 per hour
Planner 7 salaries reported	$69,741 per year
Truck driver 4 salaries reported	$27.18 per hour
Administrative assistant 3 salaries reported	$60,443 per year

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