parking enforcement officer

senior customer service representative

community service officer

senior engineering technician

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Village of Oak Park

The work environment at the Village Of Oak Park is not conducive to encouraging their top performers to putting their best foot forward. The Village Manager's office has a reputation for going after innocent employees who simply voice their opinions and concerns and some if not MOST ( not all) the other "leaders", are downright mean and nasty. Some of them will copy up to 20 people on an e-mail to the Village Manager scolding you for minor mistakes, all in an effort to humiliate you. How is this professional behavior? And let's not even talk about those "voted" into their positions by the public. One particular elected official that is supposed to serve the community was arrogant, manipulative,catty dishonest, backstabbing and had no appreciation for anything the departments that work with and for them did while they are on the phone and out of the office socializing and gossiping for hours, all while putting on a fake image that they are genuinely concerned about the citizens of Oak Park. If you are a minority, be prepared to "dumb yourself down" and not even appear to be remotely competent for fear that the higher ups will turn on you, lie on you and immediately try to get rid of you if you don't fit into their so called clique of bitter old hags. I would discourage any contract or temporary employee from accepting an assignment there, let alone believing a word that is told to you regarding your future there if a position is offered to you. Stay away.

The Village of Oak Park is a municipal government body that reviews , inspects and issues licenses and occupancy permits.
However, their issues concerning their employees are not to State and Federal guidelines.  Oak Park have removed personnel due to "budget issues", however upon review some staff had health issues and were asked to leave.  Violation of the ADA employees, including myself, indicated that no severance would be paid if filed a grievance with State or Federal Agencies.

I am part of a influential technical team that manages and maintains pay stations and parking meters thought the village. My co-workers are the best in the business and we value the meaning of teamwork. They have taught me the means of developing new skills among members of the team, including better communication and a sense of confidence that team members can tackle other projects in the future. Most of my work days are very busy and I require very little supervision, but when I do my relationship with my managers are very professional.

They do have a work/like balance, decent benefits and location can be central for many people.

My low rating is due to a few things:

*The management doesn't on-board or develop the employees very effectively.
*Things take time to get done b/c of all the bureaucracy.
*Employees who work here, wouldn't be able to work in corporate America a day.
*The On-boarding exp. was pretty degrading.
*Due to the pretty low salary pay, it doesn't attract great candidates.

I do want the company to be successful but I feel like they have a lot to do to catch up to modern technology.
I wish them the best.

I really miss working at the Village and working in the parking ticket office. Working with Landlords about there tenants parking and also just meeting alot of different people. Very nice environment the employees were awesome to work with I miss them. Great management team excellent training class as well.

I loved my job until new management came in.

If you want to be controlled by crazy management people as if you are a robot for them this is the job for you.  

I do not recommend working at this company 
.

Followed up via phone with citizens on various matters. Addressed Local Ordinance/Parking Citation matters face to face with citizens and found feasible solutions. Displayed bookkeeping and accounts payable/receivable skill set.

Very interesting and varied work, allowing one to contribute to the benefit of clients seeking assistance. Administering Language Bank was very interesting.

Oak park is a tough place to work. There are lots of high paid managers managing managers, and few people actually working in village hall. Those who work are great.

The village management is well structured.  Tasks are clear and reasonable.  Friendly though not casual atmosphere. Good pace with built in breaks.  Hourly, time clock pay

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Parking enforcement officer 3 salaries reported	$24.38 per hour
Senior customer service representative 2 salaries reported	$30.00 per hour
Community service officer 3 salaries reported	$25.35 per hour
Senior engineering technician 1 salary reported	$33.40 per hour
Inspector 3 salaries reported	$31.63 per hour

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