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You are sheduled from 8 am to 8 pm. You will probably run anywhere from 8 to 14 calls per shift. There are only 12 ambulances for the city so you have a very heavy workload. You do get a variety of calls from shootings to heart attacks, overdoses to kid scraped his knee and everything in between. I learned how to bring order to chaos. I learned to how to improvise adapt, and overcome whatever be the challenge. Be it no equipment, to truck malfunctions to just general maintnece. Manegement provides support and guidence as possible as they are very busy running equipment handling the staffing as well as running on calls themselves as they can. Coworkers try to provide the best posible service they can in a timely manor as humanly possible some times its almost magical how they are able to keep up with the call loads, the physical and meantal demands of the job. Being over worked understaffed, underpaid for the amount of work that is required. The most enjoyable part is helping the people and knowing at the end of the day you made a difference in someones life. And the fact that the citizens feel safe with you on the job.

Most people work here while waiting to get hired elsewhere. Those who stay are bitter and angry. Many people hired have no experience.  Employees quit on a more than regular basis. Little support from co workers despite the fact that everyone feels the same about the supervisors and job. Very high call volume. Very poor equipment. Ambulances have no air, break down frequently, rain, snow and exhaust finds its way into vehicle. Most calls do not require EMS skills as many patients are drunk, homeless, psych patients. Many patients use 911 to get a ride to hospital for a cough. All of this is tolerable, however the treatment by supervisors is not. Employees are yelled at like children , threatened and belittled. Management knows little of protocols and have poor knowledge of skills. There is no continuity with how management deals with situations. Everyday there is a new rule to be enforced to bandaid a problem...until everyone forgets about it. Management is truly a joke.

Stressful,to some extent but rewarding in working in place that i never thought i would be especially this amount of time, I learned how to deal with different attitude and charteristic of people's.How to manage prisoners and time, along with social service traits and even baby sitting duties if you will.Having so much politic in division of work made the job harder than it had,to be, the administrator that have education and the power on making decisions on their own beliefs on how things are run without the opinions of the people that are on the front line dealing with all the problems that are taking place. Overall I did get some enjoyment out of this job, just  learning the skills of working it,along with meeting different people's from different parts life. Leaving from work after my tour of duties in one peace over these many years of being there is the most accomplishment of this job.

When I was with animal control, there was no structure or consistency, a lot of workplace aggression between employees, and no organization of cases. There were periods where we were assigned wards, then that faded without an official change. I'd never see or be able to communicate with the most experienced officer. Everyone had a different way they felt things should be executed and handled with public communication, animal handling, case handling, paperwork, everything. The shelter contracted by the city was overpopulated and inhumane.

Even after I left it doesn't seem like there is any leadership or consistency. In the right hands, animal control would be great - but the director overseeing animal control knows nothing about how it works because they're under a broad umbrella of 'dept of health'

It's a mess

I've been with the DOC for over 14 years. The job itself has it's ups and downs but for the most part it's what you make of it. This job isn't for everybody you have to have thick skin. A typical day consists of me making rounds and interacting with the officers and assisting them in areas that they may need help in. I've learned that the inmates (detainees) have nothing but time on their hands and they study your every move. Most of my co-workers are pleasant to work with but are all different in their own way. I would say the hardest part of the job is when a inmate (detainee) becomes combative and belligerent and force needs to be used to restrain them. The most enjoyable part of the job is counting down the days until my off days..

You master your role pretty quickly. Being a government position, a lot of the work culture depends on favoritism and who's buddies with who. Absolutely zero chance for advancement. I have a bachelor's, I worked there for four years in an office role, and the highest pay I ever got was $17.75 an hour. The pension is so small that it's not even worth thinking about, if you're thinking about staying on due to that. Managers can be extremely toxic and even petty and childish. The regular employees are really passionate about serving and improving their city, but the administration is pretty open about thinking the whole thing is a big joke. 

Spent five years working for the city.  The most appalling thing ever was the day the mayor ordered city towing to the fire house I was stationed at with instructions to tow everyone’s cars.  The tow truck driver told us he wasn’t there by choice and did not want to tow anyone but was ordered to.  Thankfully we all moved our cars into the engine bay just in time.  Never paid promptly,  rarely paid accurately.  Health insurance is about $15 per check for an individual which is great,  but for a family it was about $500 per check.  Never had an employer care less about me.  Also,  the city does NOT give two sh-ts about providing adequate emergency medical services.  They have no ambulances available to respond about 15-20 times everyday.  They don’t invest in their employees,  the training is horrendous.  I could go on and on.

As a supervisor, on any given day I am responsible for two- hundred and fifty inmates as well as 8 to 10 subordinates. During a typical work day it is very important to use time management skills to ensure reports are done in a timely manner.  My co-workers are professional and courteous towards one another and are good employees. The most enjoyable part of my job is that every day there's a new challenge. There's never a dull moment. The hardest part of the job is interacting with inmates who have allegedly committed some heinous crimes. The different personalities as far mental disorders and behavioral issues.

What is the best part of working at the company?
That it has great job security 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
That bad people don't get fired

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Feels like everyone is wanting to do least amount of work for most pay. Any hard workers make them look bad

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I push myself to hold a standard of excellence and make sure I'm making the best water for my family and friends who use and drink this water. My job is in the lab and on the plant floor, so it takes a person who can be mechanical and a person who can be analytical

Good pay if you can negotiate. Not stressful environment. management is so so, be it Launch, or City workers. All about optics, completely different from for profit businesses. Drivers are not held accountable. Trucks are not maintained as needed. A lot of jobs get Band aids  instead of being fixed properly for numbers reasons. Do not do thorough enough checks on employee job references. High turn over rate. No flame retardant uniforms offered. Crossing over to the City gives great benefits but grossly underpaid, Lunch gives fair compensation(negotiated) but horrible benefits.

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