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What is the best part of working at the company?
The insurance benefits, pension, and PTO.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not having everyone on the same page.
Trying to look busy for 8 hours a day because your time management skills are excellent, so you get your work done promptly. 
Micromanaging.
Lack of work/life balance.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is toxic. You have a team that doesn't include the new person, unless they fit into their mold. You have a manager who leans on their "Righthand man," who lacks experience other than what they were taught by the predecessor for a couple of years. And said righthand man thinks they know everything and that they are better than you - or they're actually intimidated by you because you have more experience in the field than they do. So they make it known that they have "power" over you. Very gross and very much a turnoff to wanting to be a part of the team. Said person was also put in charge when the boss was out of town, which should not be a thing. They are not a person with any type of management skills. When the manager is out of office, the team should report to their superior, not someone at a level lower than her. Because, unfortunately, her righthand man gets a thrill from having that power when the manager is gone. 

You have people talking politics in the office, without regard to others who may not believe in the same things they do. As a minority, I felt very uncomfortable hearing these conversations. I knew immediately that I would not fit in. There is zero culture in the City. 

The mentality of the City is very archaic. You are to be at your desk for 8+ hours a day, 5 days a week. That's the only way they think you're doing your job, is that you are at your desk the entire time. They do not believe in working remotely. You are "not allowed" to bring your laptop outside of your office unless you're going to a meeting. They hate that you take a timeout everyone once in awhile to look at your phone because ya know, a distraction actually helps some people focus on their work better. 

It's toxic and if you're a millennial accustomed to modern times, avoid the City like the plague. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Get to the office and clock in.
Check my emails.
Start to work on any projects I have.
Play on my phone.
Work some more.
Set up meetings.
Send projects to the boss for review and approval - and then wait weeks to get feedback, have to make changes, and then wait weeks once again.
Handle calls from project managers and having to explain what's going on with their projects.
Going to lunch.
Hitting a mental wall of exhaustion by the afternoon.
Going for a walk and getting outside to take a break.
Play on my phone to kill time because I'm caught up on everything.

Working for Parks and Rec they expect the employees to work out of their title without the title or pay for what they do on a daily basis.  They have too many contract employees who do not stay since they leave as soon as they get a position with benefits and more money so it is constant hiring and training new staff that is such a waste of money I’m sure. Plus a waste of time training new people all the time. I do feel seasonal  or someone who is retired wanting a part time job to supplement there retirement should be contract but if you work year round you should be a full time employee.  And they should pay the contract employees more since they do not receive benefits.

Largely inefficient and incompetent, my experience in the city of cape coral although personally positive it has been difficult to do anything aside from the norm without influence. City is slow even at the hiring process taking around a month to work from the moment the job is offered to you and if you need keys to do your job make it two months, and that's if they give you the correct key( has happened to more than one individual). Failing at simple logistics and operations management lower management is hired to simply to become the next blaming mule of of middle management( they just do what upper management does).

Good place to work. Some departments are hard to move forward in and can seem biased towards favorites. But there a numerous opportunities to apply for which is nice. Hours are standard typically 7-4 or 8-5 for office positions.  Most everyone is friendly. Best part of the job is the people you work with. Hardest part of the job is finding resources that work for issues you have in your day to day or having systems that do not allow you to properly process the amount of work you need to do. 

Big Fire Department that keeps growing and creates lots of opportunities for advancement. 
Pay is good but could  be better, incentives could be better. Lots of OT available. 
Fun department with tons of calls and the city keeps growing so expect the department to do the same. 
Management is good but sometimes no accountability is shown for the mistakes in the higher ranks.

Great flexibility and overall great place to work. There was a great deal of changes made in the course of one (1) year. Division management could have been better. Co-workers were amazing. Difficulty would be dealing with division management that had poor training skills, lacked interpersonal skills, and was out of touch with management a team that was less than 5 division employees.

Working for the City of Cape Coral was an interesting experience. I believe there are people who would love the routine of this position. Routines were easy and somewhat physically demanding. Overall I realized I would not be able to move up the ladder as quickly as I wanted to because length of employment is the ultimate factor for advancement.

As above. Problem is the economy and my job has gone from 38 hours to 28 hours. Everyone is wonderful and it will be hard to have to leave such a great group of coworkers and supervisors. I have a family to provide for and cannot continue on 28 hours a week w/o benefits.

City of Cape Coral is not a bad place to work however, there are certain departments such as Public Works. It’s a difficult place for advancement. Numerous times there were sign-up sheets for cross training and nothing happens. Almost all Supervisors are non responsive to conflict or job duties. Overall, Public Works is not a good place to go if you’re trying to advance, you’ll wait years.

I was a lifeguard and loved it. Paid very well and thought you a lot about the working world as a high schooler. If you missed just 3 days over the course of the summer (I.e calling out) you’re contract is terminated and you’re fired. Many may see that’s harsh but they are accommodating on getting almost every requested day off. Managers and all co workers are nice and friendly. Great place to work

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Director of parks and recreation 8 salaries reported	$23.20 per hour
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High school teacher 20 salaries reported	$54,388 per year

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