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3.8
Average Rating
(based on 8 King County Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.5
Growth Opportunities
3.4
People You Work With
4.4
Person You Work For
3.9
Rewards You Receive
4.0
Support You Get
3.7
Way You Work
3.8
Work Setting
4.0
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King County Employee

"King County Library system is the best library in the country and provides meaningful ways to connect with the patrons, communities"

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

"I worked for king county on contract basis. My job was part of Worksource system. I served for Worksource system for over 5 years with over 13 diverse companies and multiple employment programs. King county is one of the biggest employers in USA. I highly appreciate its commitment to diversity and inclusion at workplace and serving multicultural communities through employment and Education."

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

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.8
King County (12)

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)
Chief of Operations

"King County Metro was a great place to work (33 years). The opportunities to move up from within were available and the culture was results oriented with a mutual respect for other employees."

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

"I worked at Metro for over 33 years and is a good place for advancement and having quality work recognized."

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

"Great place to work, fun people to work with. Focused on continuing education/training and career progression. Lots of challenging work!"

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
Maintenance Custodian

What do you like about working at King County?

"It's a night job which means I don't have to interact with the customers too much."

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

"If applying for the position I have, I would ask if this is what you want to be doing for the rest of your life and if it isn't you need to keep that in mind constantly and focus beyond this job to keep your sanity."

What don't you like about working at King County?

"There is a constant cloud of complaining from everyone that will go to superiors and never get addressed, so then everyone is stuck in that cloud and it doesn't create a fun environment to be in."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would make a better effort to treat employees as people instead of numbers that get paid to work."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Program Manager

"It was a great place to work until a large re-org made the environment unstable."

What do you like about working at King County?

"Co-workers are a joy to work with in my unit."

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

"Ask whether the funding source is stable and what the turn-over rate is for the department."

What don't you like about working at King County?

"A very political and self-serving environment the higher you go."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Stop trying to advancing yourself at the expense of your workers."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Senior Application Developer
Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4.8 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4.3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4.8 / 5
Company Culture 2.4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Election Worker

What do you like about working at King County?

"This was a fun job, I loved the hours, and easy access by the bus system."

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

"Relax, come prepared to take a couple of test and of course you should smile."

Communications Specialist

"Secure unchallenging job."

What do you like about working at King County?

"Easy secure position. Good people, good benefits"

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

"easy place to start, simple place to work."

What don't you like about working at King County?

"Low pay, some difficult people"

Senior Project Manager

"what can I say, its a government job and has all the negative qualifications a government job offers"

What do you like about working at King County?

"Nothing"

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

"Ask a lot of questions about the decission tree"

What don't you like about working at King County?

"The management structure, the stove pipe mentality of organizatinal structure, the ME ME defensive attitudes of all employees, and especially did not like the Turf issues that made up every decission."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Re-evaluate thier organization and its reporting structure to involve a more teaming environment that would bennifit the county instead of the independant organization bennifits."

Finance and Business Operations Representative

"Good Pay Good benefits for lifers at the county."

What do you like about working at King County?

"The pay was excellent and the Benefits package was good also."

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

"Be patient there hiring process takes along time."

What don't you like about working at King County?

"The chance for career growth is not good. In fact if you were a brown noser you could get ahead."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Offer more career growth opportunities"

King County Reviews FAQs

Is King County a good company to work for?

King County has an overall rating of 3.8 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 8 King County Review Ratings left anonymously by King County employees, which is 3% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 88% of employees would recommend working at King County.

Does King County pay their employees well?

King County employees earn $48,000 annually on average, or $23 per hour, which is 27% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 5 King County employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find King County Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at King County?

88% of employees would recommend working at King County with the overall rating of 3.8 out of 5. Employees also rated King County 3.5 out of 5 for Company Culture, 4.0 for Rewards You Receive, 3.4 for Growth Opportunities and 3.7 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at King County?

According to our data, the highest paying job at King County is a Senior Database Architect at $120,000 annually. Browse King County Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at King County?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at King County is a Library Page at $20,000 annually. Browse King County Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at King County?

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

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