deputy sheriff

equipment operator

court clerk

legal assistant

technician

Douglas County

The typical day consisted of managing a department of 14 employees and dealing with the public and builders and developers.
The learning experience included not only with business issues but also with personal issues and conflicts among employees and dealing with the home owners vs builder conflicts, builders vs inspectors, and political personalities can be challenging.
Co-workers can be enjoyable and challenging.
The most difficult part of my job was not being able to satisfy management. The building codes are state codes dictated by the State of Georgia not county ordinances that can be changed at the whim of the county commissioners.
I thought I was making a difference and enjoyed the variety of each day.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Don't really have to work, as this seems to be a place you go to retire.  No real service work.  Just an imitation of preventative maintenance 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Good ol boy system.   Must be willing to do the work the senior individuals choose not to.  Very union like,minus the fair treatment 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Be willing to be disrespected, and given menial tasks.   Must be willing to participate in inappropriate behavior or be ridiculed

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Preventative maintenance, sit around shop and discuss non hac related topics.

There were lots of jokes about when I would be leaving on my first day which was a big red flag. Had high staff turnover at the time because low pay and high stress. I had to take a pay cut to take the job but I wanted out of a social work job and was desperate. Most of the issues weren't the fault of middle managers as they only had so much say over the situation, though it did feel like there was a disconnect between staff and management. It's been a bit since I left, hopefully things have improved. However, child support, it turns out, isn't my thing—I found the work monotonous yet somehow still stressful, likely because I simply wasn't suited to the job. 

The started early so I had to be rested.  I taught 5 classes and had 2 break periods each day.  I had from 25-30 students in each class.
I learned to be rested and prepared for each day.  Our principals were very caring and helpful and not very critical.  My co-workers were fun and we shared a lot.  The hardest part of the job was disciplining students when necessary- it was stressful for me.  The most enjoyable part of the job was when my students enjoyed the lessson or lab that I had set up and they thanked me.

worked as data entry/keypunch operator to start and worked up to computer room operator. ran reel tapes, binding reports for commisioners and department heads. Print and deliver reports to other departments. was sole person in charge of printing and distributing yearly tax bills and receipts. Management like to play favorites which is typical and was gone as much as was there so no real information consering management.. Coworkers were a good group. The hardest part was department had to layoff a couple of people, one which was me due to big budget cuts.

Working at Douglas County as a cybersecurity professional was essentially a fruitless labor. The County, despite its more conservative, security minded constituency, the management could not care less about the sanctity and risk associated with CyberSecurity threats and the effort afforded to bolster the systems that support it's citizens.

While the management was awfully incompetent, the rest of the people who are working towards helping the citizens were truly the bright spot. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Learning the basics of the law and courtroom policy’s 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
All new staff. No training and no foundation for guiding new staff on tasks before tasks are assigned. New management with no experience managing a department or multiple staff members. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very negative. Not a team atmosphere at all. Felt like being back in highschool.

Government that isn't held to any standard but their own, overall, pretty low in my opinion.

a typical day depends on the department.

don't trust HR, they don't care about the people.

management, yeah right.  some good some bad.

culture depends on the ever shifing rotundo commish's and the untrained dept heads.

hardest part of the job is eating all of the wrong doing to keep your job.

helping out the public was the most enjoyable part of the job.

I especially enjoyed working with the public and being able to help them under stressful situations. Challenging at times but also fulfilling. I worked with some of the kindest and most tolerant people I have ever met, however the Clerk of the District court was an elected official and he did not like talking to the public so much. The hardest part of the job sometimes was dealing with people who didn't understand the way government works.

I work half a day or whole day.  I follow lesson plans that a teacher wrote for me.I learned to bring my own rules and my own system for classroom management.  The management and coworkers are supportive and friendly. The hardest part of the job is that it is a long commute. The most enjoyable part of the job is teaching children.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Deputy sheriff 22 salaries reported	$48,939 per year
Equipment operator 5 salaries reported	$18.81 per hour
Court clerk 1 salary reported	$4,593 per month
Legal assistant 4 salaries reported	$21.72 per hour
Technician 1 salary reported	$17.19 per hour

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