equipment operator

assistant

management analyst

librarian

firefighter

DeKalb County, GA

A typical day work day included weekly meetings with office staff for communication and education. Assisted with resolving issues and concerns related to clients, informal caregivers, physicians providers and medical directors. Maintained prompt, accurate and secure documentation as it relates to clients needs, contracts and plans. Maintained internal financial plan control. Monitored and review expense reports of all office staff according to organization guidelines. Provided support and guidance to case managers and intervenes to address issues if necessary. Responsible for referrals and to ensure completion of potential assessment required by State Policy and Organizational Guidelines. Oversee all discharges to ensure appropriateness and offer suggestions, directions and assisted as needed. Responsible for interviewing, selecting, hiring and orienting office staff. I learned being in the position as a Administrator it takes patience and motivation in order to keep the office moral at a level of productivity and successful. Having the position as a Administrator I learned that you can only tackled one project at a time but it is important that you can say on task. My co-workers has it pro and cons, I had a chance to know the strengths and weakness of each office staff. I worked with each Case Manager, Assessment Nurse, Team Leader and Administrator Assistant individually on a professional level, The hardest part of the job would be to lose clients that needed help but, the assessment did not fit the criteria for the program. The most enjoyable part of the job was that this program was place as a service to the community.

Allowed to choose schedule times and days-started at 7am worked 10 hour days four days a week and I chose fri-sat-sun off. Can volunteer for specialty work like Night club inspections earning xtra time and I loved to volunteer for the Community meetings as guess speaker many times at the request of the community leaders. Received a broad range of training with complete control over workload.  Worked as teams on sweeps for projects assisting as well as receiving assistance to complete tasks. Well equipped with modern technology vehicle computer and tools with modern resources to accomplish investigative work.Our Input enhanced current code changes with new power to put more teeth in prosecution of building and zoning codes and was allowed to use our own discretion applying pressure where we needed it.Very productive in gaining compliance! never denied any requested time off with reasonable notice. Worked with a high passion for the job and there was enough work for just about everyone to have a leadership role on many teams by volunteering. We could request additional weekend or evening work that may have been neceassary for late or weekend inspections that may require additional investigation or stop work orders to be issued.  And Vehicle was well maintained and equipped. Management has a vision that is out of this world as far as building the crew that can conquer every aspect of inspections and enforcement! Worked very closely with other county entities such as fire marshals, health dept. and animal control etc.

If you enjoy sitting in a box for 8 hours, listening to frustrated customers fueled by news coverage propaganda and getting no legitimate answers or explanation from superiors, Dekalb County is the place for you. After being here for a year in their call center, arguably, I've seen the good & bad of this office. I will say that my peers are all in the same pot and we try our best to work together and manage. Luckily, I've been guided by the more knowledgeable Supervisors in the office and haven't had too many hiccups. Nevertheless, my concern rests in management's decisions, certain policies and ultimately my time invested which is not properly compensated for. It's an easy job if you want to just sit and answer calls all day but that doesn't appear to require any competence. I wish the job offered you with the proper tools to actual own a call and solve it. In fact, unless you leave your work space to sneak and ask someone from another department for clarity, you would wind up having your customer on hold while waiting for a supervisor to be made available until ultimately you have to tell the customer "We'll call you back with an update." Personally, I felt my brain melting away in the office because of the sheer ignorance and don't believe the pay is worth it. Things are always changing, your neighbors leave for good or worse and there is simply no morale.

DeKalb County Government does not hire based on qualifications but more so on who you know.  Most of the leadership staff has no clue what they are doing or how to run/manage an organization.  Additionally, there are major ethical and accountability issues starting at the top.  Dealing with the aggravation of lack of leadership, corruption and bad decision making is not worth the small amount of money they pay.  DeKalb County lags the market in compensation and only makes far fetched promises of increasing salaries.  Overall 95% of leadership needs to be fired and start a clean slate.  Will assign projects just for the sake of appearing to do something that have no meaning or purpose (busy work that is given at the last minute).  Lastly there are poor and unethical hiring practices.

My typical day at Dekalb County was to answer calls regarding services provided by the county such as water/sewer calls, recycling services and non-emergency calls. While being employed there I learned about different things that the county offered that I did not know. The management team there was okay. There was instances when we needed management on different issues they weren't there or was not responding to calls from the people in the county that paid taxes and could not get proper help. The co workers there was great there were great relationships established while working there. I have best friends now because of the relationship that was made through Dekalb County. The hardest part about the job was as I mentioned before the supervisors were not very responsive to the needs of the employees or the citizens of Dekalb County. The most enjoyable part of the job was also as I mentioned before the relationships that was established.

My experiences with my last job gave me the opportunity to move around in different areas with-in the same department.

A typical day was just routine. You had to find your rhythm.
With being a auditor the responsibility had so many things that had to be looked at, work orders that had to be written when meters needed to be repaired or replaced or located and turn to correct position.

I enjoyed my co-workers, it gave me to chance to learn a little bit more once I became a auditor, we were working on a new/updated program for the call-center, much different when I had the position in the call-center.

The hardest part of my job was not being able to resolve a issue when the field service rep could find or change out a meter, a work order goes to the plant to find a meter or pull out a meter that's too deep or too old or just to locate.

I enjoyed my job because of the flexibility, no stress, self paced (with a dead-line) helping out in the call-center.

*Typical day includes brief meeting updating operators on new procedures or protocol and different events that have taken place.After 15 minute de-briefing straight to saving lives.
*Working as a 911 operator I learned a lot in reference to medical procedures and the process of an initial 911 call all the way to when the first responders arrive.
*Management is management
*Everyone there are team player and go over and beyond to ensure the safety of the officers and the citizens.
*Hardest part of the job is not getting too personal with your employees that you work with most of your day.It can sometimes come back and bite.
*The most enjoyable part is knowing that everyday you saved someone's life or impacted someones life by encouraging them not to act without thinking about the consequences that may follow.

A typical work day was either 8 or 9 hours, depending on the schedule you chose. The office had a high volume of in-office customers and telephone customers. Management was concerned with quantity instead of quality but would often complain of the quality because we had to concentrate on time and numbers. The workplace culture was that of low office morale. The hardest part of the job was not being properly trained and not have the necessary tools to efficiently do your job. They only enjoyment I got was from some of the friendships I made with my some of my co-workers.

A lot of money is wasted by Dekalb County Government and working there I saw it from the inside out. More accountability in departments that handle cash is definitely needed. The benefits are really costly. To add my child to my insurance was $300 a month. You would think they would have better options and rates but they don't. The culture is full of people who "know the system." I did not witness any Employee Development programs such as Tuition Reimbursement. The department I worked had one employee who did not work on Friday for 3 months before someone caught onto it. She said she had an appointment and no one ever followed up with it. Job security is mostly based on who you know, so if you work there, networking is important. I hope all of the departments were not like the one I worked in.

A typical day at work consist of  mainly working on the computer preparing tax payers and ensuring values are processed correctly.

Working in my current position has afforded me the opportunity to learn varying aspects of the appraisal and tax valuation process.

Management is stream-lined and proficient at keeping the office running efficiently.

The workplace is very multicultural and provides vast opportunities to network with individuals of varying backgrounds.

The hardest part of the job is time management between varying projects.  sometimes we have to leave one project undone to deal with varying issues that arise in another  project.

Overall I like all aspects of my job, the customers, the coworkers and the work fit well into a balanced work family lifestyle.

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Equipment operator 16 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour
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