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3.7
Average Rating
(based on 23 City of Houston Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.5
Growth Opportunities
3.2
People You Work With
4.1
Person You Work For
4.1
Rewards You Receive
3.0
Support You Get
3.7
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
3.6
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Engineer

"An excellent place to work with people that care about their city!"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
City of Houston Employee

"I have worked for the City of Houston Legal Department since 2017. The work is challenging and interesting. However, turnover is high because of poor management."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.7
City of Houston (28)

4.7 Highest Rated in this Industry is City of Santa Ana (6)
2.7 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Idaho Transportation Department (5)
3.8 Average of All Companies in this Industry (4,846)
Graduate Engineer

"I've worked for the city of houston for almost a year. I like the work environment and my coworkers are very helpful."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
City of Houston Employee

"I worked at the City of Houston Wastewater Operations Laboratory as a Chemist 3 for 8 years. It was a rewarding and exciting experience that was difficult to leave. I would have loved to stay at the Laboratory, but there was no chance for future advancement at the Laboratory."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Customer Service Representative

"I have worked for the City of Houston for 5 yrs and the opportunity for growth is little to none. The type of work is unchallenging and mundane. My particular supervisor is strict but fair, which allows for a little comfort working for the city. But overall the processes and technology is twenty years behind and are currently revamping some technology to become more efficient."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
IT Intern

"I have work for city of Houston Epidemiology department as my internship. My role was web developer. I have to re-design there website. Successfully, I have done my work in expected time."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Mechanic

"The overall City of Houston is a good place to be employed."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
City of Houston Employee

"I worked for the city of Houston on and off for about 5 years and I can honestly say that I have learned a lot and experienced a lot. It takes a special kind of person to work for the police dept. and I commend anyone who has what it takes."

Person You Work For 2.7 / 5 People You Work With 2.7 / 5 Work Setting 2.7 / 5
Support You Get 2.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2.7 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.7 / 5
Company Culture 2.7 / 5 Way You Work 2.7 / 5
IT Project Manager

What do you like about working at City of Houston?

"I work with some experience guys that live and breath technology and we all work well together as a team"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Opportunity for growth is horrible and it's not what you know, its who you know"

What don't you like about working at City of Houston?

"I do not like that there is no longer an opportunitiy for growth which increase the chances of losing good techs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"In order to keep good techs, there must continue to be competitive compensation"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Trainer

"30 years experience in Information Technology"

What do you like about working at City of Houston?

"Opportunity to growth, stable work enviroment, benefits, close proximity to home."

What don't you like about working at City of Houston?

"Politics Politics Politics PoliticsPolitics Politics Politics Politics Politics Politics"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Sensitivity training"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Technical Hardware Analyst

What do you like about working at City of Houston?

"benefits and people, close proximity to home, school and church"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"familiarize yourself with company. be personable and engraging, pay attention. to detail."

What don't you like about working at City of Houston?

"managment - in experienced. bad use of resources, time and management"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"none, except develop customer service skills, better time management and sensitivity training"

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Senior Software Developer
Way You Work 4.9 / 5
Child Advocate
Person You Work For 4.9 / 5 People You Work With 4.9 / 5 Work Setting 3.9 / 5
Support You Get 3.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.9 / 5
Company Culture 3.9 / 5 Way You Work 4.8 / 5
Systems Consultant
Person You Work For 3.8 / 5 People You Work With 3.1 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 3.1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3.1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Senior Project Manager
Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3.1 / 5
Support You Get 4.9 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.9 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

City of Houston Reviews FAQs

Is City of Houston a good company to work for?

City of Houston has an overall rating of 3.7 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 23 City of Houston Review Ratings left anonymously by City of Houston employees, which is 5% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 91% of employees would recommend working at City of Houston.

Does City of Houston pay their employees well?

City of Houston employees earn $39,000 annually on average, or $19 per hour, which is 41% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 8 City of Houston employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find City of Houston Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at City of Houston?

91% of employees would recommend working at City of Houston with the overall rating of 3.7 out of 5. Employees also rated City of Houston 3.5 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.2 for Growth Opportunities and 3.7 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at City of Houston?

According to our data, the highest paying job at City of Houston is a VP of Human Resources at $170,000 annually. Browse City of Houston Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at City of Houston?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at City of Houston is a Building Services Manager at $16,000 annually. Browse City of Houston Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at City of Houston?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at City of Houston to be Company Culture, Growth Opportunities, People You Work With and Person You Work For, and no cons.

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