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Virginia Beach reviews

3.5

58% would recommend to a friend

(170 total reviews)

William D. Sessoms, Jr.

42% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Virginia Beach has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 170 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Virginia Beach employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Government & Public Administration industry (3.6 stars).

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170 reviews
1.0
Feb 4, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the supervisors are supportive and work is not difficult, workload (if managed properly) is not bad. This could be a very rewarding job, you are providing services for people in need, sometimes you are their only ray of Hope. If upper management would just listen to the employees, there are viable options that will help the management and employees.

Cons

Upper Management is completely unreasonable they have either never been a Benefits Worker or it has been so long that They have no idea how much work goes into the position. Office is run by fear tactics where everyone is afraid of losing their job, an office run on fear will never succeed. This is the most discriminating office I have ever worked, if you are caucasian and educated this IS NOT the office for you, you will never get ahead. The city's Human Resource department has no idea how crooked and underhanded the hiring practices are in this organization - they have a few people who hire who they want and if they aren't the most qualified they change the hiring matrix to meet their friends criteria. If you are educated and Caucasian you are automatically on the bottom of the hiring list, there is no reason to apply. And if you do apply it takes 5-6 months from interview to start date.

2.0
Oct 4, 2019

Totally dumbfounded

Recommend
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Pros

Ability to work Monday thru Friday

Cons

Promotion is not in the cards if in their eyes you don't have the right skin pigmentation. Close minded management - mentality is "that's the way we always did it". Supervisors look the other way as long as it does not affect them directly and do not speak up for what is right. Favoritism. EXTREMELY BIASED --Stayed longer that I should have, hoping beyond hope that things would change but it only got worse.

2.0
Dec 9, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits used to be comparable to other cities but is now lagging behind.

Cons

Good old boy system - lacking accountability City leadership does not stand up for what is right and caters to a few.

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