senior analyst

attorney

business systems analyst

senior attorney

analyst

Judicial Council of California

The one good thing about this job is that it's relatively easy.   But that becomes a curse over time as I become less and less eligible to work anywhere else.  I interview at other jobs, but don't have any accomplishments to speak of at my current position.  I was required to have 5 years of management-level experience to get my current role, and now all I can do is busywork.  The technology is outdated so your tech skills will calcify in place once you start working here.  Most of your co-workers have been here 20+ years and they're just trying to keep their head above water until they can retire.  There's no dedication to the mission at any level.  Unfortunately for YOU, the benefits just aren't what they used to be a few years ago.  Most new employees leave again within a year or two.  You will have 1-2 amazingly dedicated talented co-workers, but the majority of your colleagues will be shockingly bad at their job, and never ever held accountable for it.  And your supervisor will be terrible but somehow their supervisor will be even worse.  Terrible management practices, incompetence gets rewarded and promoted, favoritism is off-the-charts here. 
I will say that I've heard of small pockets of good teams, usually in the departments that are externally-facing and serve the courts themselves.
Great place to retire from if you'd like to relax and don't care about keeping your skills or resume relevant.   HR is terrible!  They will give you bad information when you pick out your benefits, and I've heard nightmare stories from people who try to get help with a bad manager or an unstable co-worker.  

Since there are 3x too many layers of mgmt, 2/3rds of the management should go work in the private sector , where they are held accountable and have to be responsible for actually doing something other than sit in meetings all day talking. In house mgmt training is marginal. What I gather, this is systemic in state government. It's a backwater operation that has lost sight of the mission. Caught up in their weird mgmt dynamics and waste taxpayer's money sitting in meetings all day and producing little. It's a tragedy.

The Judicial Council is the policymaking body of the California courts, the largest court system in the nation. Under the leadership of the Chief Justice of California and in accordance with the California Constitution, the council is responsible for ensuring the consistent, independent, impartial, and accessible administration of justice. Judicial Council staff implements the council’s policies.

Working for this branch of government has been a valued education.  My colleagues and I have grown in our knowledge and professionalism over the years. In my opinion, this organization is staffed with highly educated intellectual individuals who’s’ innovative ideas are at the for front of government administration.  The Judicial Council is not the typical government entity.  We are a hard working, conscientious group of individuals who regularly spend  many hours beyond the typical 9 to 5 day of a government employee to ensure the most effective and fair delivery of services.  The Judicial Council, although the governing body for the Judicial Branch, is also a very innovative forward thinking organization that takes risks for the benefit of the public.

The paid time off, including lots of holidays, is very generous and should not be overlooked. Other than that, benefits are so-so, worse if you are comparing to tech companies.

There are some pockets of this agency that are ok, but overall management is poor, promising great things that they can't deliver. Most prominently, the opportunity for advancement is mostly nonexistent. Much of this is due to state budgetary issues, so JC management isn't entirely to blame. However, they do nothing to compensate for that. For example, telecommuting became much more restricted in the year before I left.

If you are an attorney, this can be a great place to work. For anyone else, it really depends on which group you work in within the agency.

Also, in terms of culture, be aware that this is mostly older people with families. They tend to care a lot about the wellbeing of the agency, but mostly because they're worried about job security (which is understandable).

Administrative Office of the Courts/Judicial Council of California is not an employer that is able to support its employees in any way shape or form. No good deed goes unpunished within the AOC. There is no opportunity for advancement, no attempt to foster a positive culture, no integrity on the part of leadership as related to employees and no culture of professional development, there is no support of staff, accomplishments are rarely recognized, decisions are undermined. The construction inspector has been placed under the supervision of risk management; the manager thumbed through the code book and understands the whole building code process. Be very cautious on what you do and what you say with the Administrative Office of the Courts/Judicial Council of California.

The Administrative Office of the Courts is not currently an employer that is able to support its employees in any way. There is no opportunity for advancement, no attempt to foster a positive culture, no integrity on the part of leadership as related to employees and no culture of professional development.

Judicial Council of California is the policy making body for the California Judiciary. The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC), is the staff agency to the Judicial Council and located adjacent to the Supreme Court in San Francisco. My unit provides the underlying operational and logistical support for the Administrative Office of the Courts and the Judicial Council. Our services include records management; copy and print production; shipping, mail, fulfillment and receiving services; CAPS database management; scanning & digitization; general reception; transportation services; event and meeting planning; conference center oversight; and temporary clerical support.

This was a terrible place to work. The only thing they had going for it was good work-life balance from being able to work from home almost exclusively, except for one day a month. But then, they started mandating a return to the office twice a week. As a result, all of the experienced leadership retired early, leaving hastily promoted managers who often seemed unprepared for their roles. The result was an environment that felt disorganized, and demoralizing. Some department heads are better than others, and you develop a nice camaraderie with co-workers who are also trying to do the best they can. Sure, it's a soul sucking job, but does it at least pay well? Also no.

Old fashioned.
Political.
Shrewd.

If you don't own a red "power tie" then you'll be largely ignored by a lot of senior management, who still feel that it's the 1980s.  The HR department for the AOC was egregiously mismanaged, cruel and manipulative and hardly served to the benefit of the courts or California, despite their motto.

I literally heard my co-workers weep in misery from the other side of the cubicle walls, daily and in the Human Resources department.

Run.  Run far and run fast away from this place.

The economy and poor management (not by the Chief Justice, who is a role model) have had the Judicial Council on the decline since 2008, and this is no longer someplace I could recommend to anyone to work.  People think working for the government is going to be 8 to 5, too, but it is far from it these days, as a caveat to anyone with that stereotype.  The employment is very low paying except at the top, and not "secure" as people assume for government work, as well.

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