integration specialist

clinician

administrative assistant

zookeeper

real estate appraiser

Sedgwick County, KS

Management is a joke. None of the people running the office are remotely qualified other than being wishy-washy, two faced tyrants who will make you feel sub-human on a regular basis. You will not get promoted unless you’re a tattletale or suck up, that’s the only way the anyone gets anywhere there, just a quick look at the ones running the offices will tell you that.  
 Perfect job for a single, super heathy person with no children, parents or any other outside responsibilities because getting time off or being sick isn’t an option. Even if you’ve got a verifiable health condition and have been there long enough to qualify for FMLA you will be treated like a pariah and asked for proof of your illness, and an excuse note from your health care provider any time you’re absent. The county insurance plan is decent, and you will definitely hit your deductible after all the mental health visits you’ll need once you’ve worked there awhile.  
All the clerks working the front lines are miserable, and tired of being there.  Everyone cowers down in their seats any time a member of management comes out of the office. They know someone is about to become the helpless victim of a maniacal despot. It’s no wonder they’re constantly hiring.   And when you leave, for whatever reason, they’ll tell you they won’t rehire you.  That is, unless you’re one of the aforementioned tattletales or brown-nosers, then you’ll be welcomed back with open arms and probably given a promotion!! 

You won’t get overtime, they’ll make you take a longer lunch hour.  If they like you, they may let you come in late, but you’ll never leave early.  And don’t even think about the offices closing for any reason.  The courthouse can close for inclement weather, but you better make sure you’re in your seat when the office opens or you’re in trouble. Your health and safety is of no concern to the treasurers office.  They’ll just replace you if you die trying to drive to work in a foot of snow or an inch of ice.

I worked for Sedgwick county for over 36 years. I've seen a lot of changes in that time. Many of the changes were positive, but, most of the ones over the last five to ten years were negative. They no longer reward employee loyalty. One example was eliminating longevity pay. The health insurance has gone stadily down in coverage and up in price and out-of-pocket expenses. The dental insurance has held fairly steady. Although this isn't too bad, the $1,000/yr cap on benefits has been eaten up by inflation. The vision coverage is not very good, never has been. The public standards that management espouses are good. Their follow through isn't. As to wages those have steadily been eroded by inflation. Employment used to be steady but over recent years employee cuts have left many employees worried. The changes over the last five to ten years have left a lot of long time employees feeling betrayed. They claim to look for ways of reducing costs but most managers aren't interested in any ideas that won't get them brownie points with the big bosses. Elected officials still resent any suggestions on how to improve thier opperations. One example I can cite is that, over the years, I continually suggested working with the State legislature to improve tax foreclosure laws but that suggestion got nowhere until last year when Commissioner Skelton asked for a study of the situation. Overall it can be a good place to work but, if you are innovative, be prepared to be disappointed.

A typical day at work involved calling some local business owners and asking what kinds of things the County might do to be of assistance in growing their business.  

Also scheduled meetings with business owners to do business walk through for the purpose of pre- and post tax abatement assessments. 

Worked on projects such as comparing Sedgwick County Economic Development policies against other economic development agencies to see if we might improve or modify our economic development policies.  

Learned that economic development is a big set of activities and a variety of people all play a hand in that from the quality of schools and educational programs to roads and infrastructure to trade practices (local, regional and international) to re-training programs, incentives and more.  I was just one piece of the puzzle and the whole thing together was very important to the success of Wichita Area so I was quite happy to be a part of something that was so influential and helpful to the area.  Other people had expertise in their areas so it was always important to talk to others to get their opinion on various issues.

Provides Education
•	Explains WIC program services to clients using motivational counseling techniques.
•	Provides appropriate community referrals.
•	Provides guidance and documentation of client’s secondary nutrition education contacts.
•	Able to accurately read immunization records and make appropriate referral to those clients not currant on their vaccinations.

Manage Record Keeping
•	Documents in the KWIC software client findings, HIPAA, Web IZ participation.
•	Verifies and documents client income and proofs for determining client eligibility.
•	Manages client’s next appointment letter and diet questionnaires.
•	Issuance of client’s food benefits.
•	Appropriate electronic signatures are captured for client’s rights and responsibility.
•	Meets program productivity standards.
•	Collects and documents anthropometrics and blood work findings accurately.
•	Reports success stories.

Provides WIC call center services
•	Professionally schedules client appointments and answers client’s questions.
•	Has job knowledge of call center procedures/policies.
•	Use WIC phone standards.

Arrive at work 6:30 a.m.  Check your truck, equipment, attend to a narcotics log, take report from off going Lieutenant.  Respond to a variety of emergent calls, transport, provide necessary ALS and BLS care to the sick and injured.  Care of equipment, provide a patient care report, train students in field internship.  Submit billing information.  Maintain certifications as required. Clean a station, provide documentation as necessary. I learned first hand from my Captain about a variety of calls, mass casualty incident, Hazard Materials.  The culture is varied, no one day is the same.  Good people providing excellent patient care, interacting with these people in a friendly manner.  The most difficult part is a pediatric patient in critical condition, dealing with this and other stressors.  I enjoyed providing care and making a short/long term decision to assist them. This includes senior citizens with the Dept of Aging and providing other information with a wide array of needs.

Typical day at work- Extremely busy

What I believe I learned- Cannot trust anyone there

Management- Feels like high school; they love drama, gossip, and fire people without informing immediate supervisor

Workplace- Certain co-workers were great to work with and enjoyed working with them

Hardest part of job- Not appreciative when we're short of staff and high expectations for only 2 personnel on one team

Enjoyable- Nothing was enjoyable there. 

I recommend that they need to get rid of the higher ups as they do not know how to multi-task properly and lack of communication is high to where you don't know if you're going to have a job because they fire you over even family emergencies without asking a reason why an extension of leave is needed. I also feel that without informing immediate team member's supervisor is also something that is needing to work on when they don't even know if a team member gets fired until that team member calls them to ask why they had gotten terminated.

It's more of a horse and pony show there. The lower staff if afraid to confront management due to worry of losing their jobs.

The Health Department started out promising but as I progressed, I realized how poorly ran this place is. I worked here 6 months and that seems to be about how long most people make it. Management makes some really poor, unpredictable decisions and then rips the heads off of those who oppose or point out the obvious. Overall, an unfriendly, cold and unforgiving place to work. They will not hesitate to throw you under the bus or just let you go. I can say with 100% certainty that this was the worst job I ever had. I did not grow professionally, as there is literally nothing to do and I feel like this position is a colossal waste of time and resources. I decided to leave due to harsh treatment of subordinates by management and that I was losing my mind sitting there 40 hours a week with nothing to do. Pay is okay, benefits are okay but I would not recommend this place to anyone. I'm glad my time there was spent updating my resume and interviewing at better companies. 

I enjoyed the job itself and didn't mind most of the employees throughout the office with a few exceptions (as to be expected). Supervisor was a bit of a micromanager and that got frustrating at times but we worked through it for the most part. Direct supervisor was very knowledgeable but a micro-manager. Biggest issue was I was sent home for being ill, then wrote up the next day upon my return for not having the sick time to cover the absence. The other issue was related to the mask mandate, my medical provider placed restrictions on the length of time I was allowed to wear a face covering as it was causing serious medical issues for me and I was told they would not accommodate my restrictions even if I submitted documentation from my medical provider. 

A typical day at work was balancing out the cash drawers, Accountable for receipting monies in CIC software, scanning the documents, and indexing documents. Daily deposits for several cash drawers, balancing of monthly statistics reports, SAP software experience with exporting cash deposits
from the office.

I learned to be  proficient with Microsoft Excel and Office for maintaining reports for the Register of Deeds.

Management was fair and respectful and worked well with each employee.

The workplace culture was one that was a pay for performance and after each step in the Register of Deeds office was completed and tested out of you could advance to the next step and would receive a raise.

The hardest part of the job was the rate of pay was not enough to support my family.

The most enjoyable part of the job was the working hours and being paid for holidays. Also, the ability to move up and get a better rate of pay for your performance.

I highly enjoyed the following work:

∙ Served as 2012 Chairman of a 5 member board setting policy for taxation, public health, and emergency management
∙ Responsible for the management and oversight of a corporate public annual budget of over $450,000,000
∙ Provided elected representation and advocacy for over 100,000 citizens
∙ Co-sponsored cost reductions within County government of $13,600,000 to match tax funding for public programs.
∙ Worked with law enforcement to create a $650,000 mental health pod facility at the county jail reducing costs of incarceration     ∙ Lead measures that consolidated City and County Code Enforcement Departments increasing efficiency and lowering costs
∙ Served as a member of the Greater Wichita Area Economic Development Council providing a business climate for growth

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Integration specialist 33 salaries reported	$24.15 per hour
Clinician 36 salaries reported	$74,060 per year
Administrative assistant 23 salaries reported	$17.80 per hour
Zookeeper 26 salaries reported	$20.70 per hour
Real estate appraiser 8 salaries reported	$22.26 per hour

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