Forsyth County, GA

FCPL vets its employees extensively, so you're likely to work with some of the kindest, most supportive coworkers around.  It's a great environment if you are good at managing your time and working independently. There is a lot of turnaround since the hours are never consistent and the pay is underwhelming. Your boss will also be under enormous pressure to provide outstanding programming and service despite staffing and budget problems. You will be expected to cheerfully take on responsibilities beyond the scope of your job description and pick up slack whenever a coworker moves on to a better position. Nothing but your very best will be acceptable. There is little room for advancement and you will be expected to submit to a panel interview each time you apply for a new position or hours change. Summers are exhausting and burnout is inevitable.  

What I love about this job besides being immersed in books all day, is the variety of tasks you have. It is a fast-paced environment as far as libraries go. Highest circulation stats in the state. You make friends with a number of patrons who are enjoyable. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend working for this library system. They pay much better than some other surrounding counties, and are very professionally run.

Management is great until one day they just dont like you and tell you your not pulling your own weight. Employees are awkward. Some animals are dangerous so work with that. It's the same thing every day. Feed dogs, clean up the poo, let them back in, clean the ooutside. Same thing with the cats. Every single day. No gratitude from people. Animals are great.

Want to deal with angry people yelling at you, then constantly being scrutinized for your tedious work? This is the place for you. Don’t bother because it’s a waste of time and energy. You will be tormented by the management of you’re not perfect at your job. 

Work is interesting and feels helpful. Coworkers are caring and nice. Managers are wonderful if they remember this is government not corporate.  Family atmosphere.  There is a ceiling that you will hit eventually on career progression. 

It's extremely hard to have a life outside of work, because you work so much with crazy ours. The type of work you do makes it hard to leave it at the door so you end up taking it home with you. Lots of drama. Dumb little rules that make things harder and people trying to step over you. 

Split shift 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. then 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; strict adherence to National, State and county safety guide lines. High favoritism , seniority based advancement. Unrealistic pay scale  for amount of reasponcibily.

Regret ever working for Forsyth County,,,, wasted many productive years there, would encourage job seekers wishing to work for a county government to look elsewhere,

the hardest part of the job was looking at everything you needed to do for the day, but once you got going with it, you could almost always get it done, and if you ever needed any sort of help, all you had to do was ask for assistance.

Great place to work and have enjoyed many roles. Good work life balance. Limited opportunities for growth or pay advancement. On the job experience doesn't seem to equate to promotion. 

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