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Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

MSD is a good place to work if you're in one of the plants.  If your main location is Market sleep with one eye opened.  When I was hired I was extremely excited but that excitement died pretty quick after dealing with some of the director level employees.  Most have a 'God' complex and have no problem chewing you out or going directly to someone over you because they feel the need to flex their pull for what winds up being a complete misunderstanding on their part.  For a bunch of engineers, a large number of em have their head stuck so far up their 4th point of contact the lump in their throat is their nose.   One director even walks through the other departments close to COB, wandering about, seemingly checking up to make sure someone was still there.  

If you make it through your probationary period you're golden.  My supervisor turned out to be quite two faced, telling me one thing and then saying another when my back was turned, constantly complained about our director to me and then told me I needed to be more professional regarding it.  I was even threatened by another employee in front of my supervisor and it was held against me.  During Covid I was told to I needed to wear an industrial face mask yet HR handed out cloth masks to everyone, yielding yet another double standard.  The cherry on top was being let go about 3 weeks from my probation ending because of a watered down excuse involving Covid.  

I was extremely excited to work at MSD and then the wind was let out of my sails pretty quick.  If you decide to work at the district my advice is to keep your head down, do only what is asked of you and don't try to change anything.  If it does need to be changed or fixed, make sure you do it in a way that gives the department heads/directors and plant management the credit.  

By the time I retired I thought about death a lot. Working at MSD didn't make me suicidal, exactly, but I was a ghost of my former self, a hollow shell of a man. I hated the job, and I hated life. There was nothing worth looking forward to, except for the peace of the grave. When I first started my older coworkers were all in a permanent downward spiral, and that confused me. But after working there for several years I found out why. The endless hatred and scorn from management drove me to desperation, the work is a mindless grind and the pay is actually pretty bad. I was accused of things I didn't do, management went through my trash can for incriminating evidence, and I was denied time off for important medical appointments, just because. When I retired I had to threaten HR with a lawsuit to get them to process my paperwork!  I quickly took another lab job where I'm appreciated and considered a valuable member of the team, and I make a lot more money for less work. I've had four performance evaluations at my new job, and I've always been rated as Exceeds Expectations, whereas management at MSD treated me like I could barely wipe myself. And now I'm HAPPY! If you only take one piece of advice this year, please, PLEASE take this: Do NOT work for MSD. If you do, the days will pass like years, the years will pass like eons, and you'll be miserable for ages to come.

MSD is no longer a great place to work. Over the years, benefits have been cut significantly while salaries remain ridiculously below market value. Decades of poor leadership and willful negligence has left Saint Louis with one of the worst sewer systems in the country, an issue that is only being addressed now due to the EPA mandate placed. The inefficient and outdated processes and ideology do not provide an environment where one feels their provided opportunities for growth. If you want to truly become a professional with a career you can be proud of, MSD is not for you.  I left the company a few years ago for another local company, with the same title, less nonsense, much better benefits, and a 30% salary increase. 

Everyday is a new experience from fighting a rising river to maintaining your work environment of cleaning and prevente maintenance hardest part of the job could be long hours for days to weeks maintaining flood control can be a challenge the most enjoyable is working with talented people from all levels and the knowledge that can be found in everyone 

Get to work, check emails & voicemails.  Reply back to emails, return phone calls, run reports and start my day with work.  On certain days every week, I do site visits to make sure managers and crews have everything that they need.

Work is generally easy and you can leave your work at work. 7.5 hour work week with great flex schedules. Benefits are also great especially the healthcare. Company is behind on salaries quite a bit. Management picks favorites and upward mobility is dependent on being liked by existing managers. Raises are totally incentivized and random. If you care more about your time than work this is a great place to be. But if you want a fulfilling job you will get bored here.

I was so happy and enthusiastic to start new position, but after 2 weeks of "work" I realized that it is far away from what I expected. Main idea here is "work can wait." Everything is boring and no action. Walking around with showing "working process" was not for me. At same time there are talented electricians and mechanics, who do great job.

Upper Management requires Middle Management to micro management. When it comes to a job performance rating some are based on how well you are liked. Also, you have to provide your pros for your work performance. The only things worthy about this place of employment are the benefits and co-workers.

They want you to shut up do what you are told. Don’t ask questions and don’t think for yourself… everything is about race with upper management. Doesn’t matter how good you are at your job.. gotta play the political games to get ahead

Working for the district you are provided many great benefits along with great employment security. Company has an activities comity the puts together events to keep employees and their families involved and happy. Most people are easy to work with but as with any job you get out what you put in.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Accounts assistant 3 salaries reported	$55,286 per year
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