Florida Department of Children and Families Reviews
40% would recommend to a friend
(721 total reviews)
Mike Carroll
43% approve of CEO
Florida Department of Children and Families has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 721 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Florida Department of Children and Families 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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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
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- "GREAT BENEFITS and INSURANCE." (in 108 reviews)
- "Good benefits, work from home" (in 36 reviews)
- "The people you work with are great." (in 25 reviews)
- "Coworkers are great and helpful" (in 24 reviews)
- "Great Insurance that was $25 bi" (in 18 reviews)
- "Low pay and low or no raises unless the legislature votes for an across the board raise which happens once per decade." (in 92 reviews)
- "Four factors: (1) relationships with management is poor, (2) work" (in 41 reviews)
- "Supervisors do not help." (in 25 reviews)
- "No work life balance at all" (in 22 reviews)
- "Salaries are low for entry" (in 19 reviews)
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Found 721 of over 744 reviews
Updated Apr 5, 2024
- 5.0Child Protective InvestigatorCurrent Employee
Pros
Flexible schedule get to help children and families with services to maintain a healthy safe life
Cons
Case ratio to time can not serve client to your best always
- 3.0Child Protective InvestigatorFormer Employee, more than 1 yearOrlando, FL
Pros
Helping children. Helping families. Providing services needed to family and children in need
Cons
Prepare to work past the clock. Prep prayer to work weekends. Prepare to work holidays. Prepare to work and be pressured to complete reports prepared to be micromanage and be given and absurd amount of work and expected to have a completed. Prepare to do the work of three people.
- 2.0Adult Protective InvestigatorCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearLargo, FL
Pros
Help elderly people that need assistance
Cons
Training sounds good, but no support when you go to the field. Supervisors are not supportive or helpful. Pay is less than other entry level jobs
- 2.0Child Protective InvestigatorCurrent Employee, less than 1 yearFort Lauderdale, FL
Pros
State employee benefits and decent salary.
Cons
long hours, restricted over time, over night, unpredictable day, meeting after meeting.
- 5.0Child Protective InvestigatorFormer EmployeeMiami, FL
Pros
Flexible, great advantage to benefits and long term opportunities
Cons
Heavy workload, time consuming, long hours
- 3.0Eligibility SpecialistFormer Employee, less than 1 yearKissimmee, FL
Pros
Work from home eventually. Flexible PTO.
Cons
Strict performance quotas. Unreasonable Standards. Constantly changing policy. Pay not proportional to labor required.
- 3.0Economic Self Sufficiency Specialist SupervisorCurrent EmployeeFort Myers, FL
Pros
Benefits are amazing for singles and families
Cons
Pay raises do not consider cost of living
- 2.0Eligibility SpecialistCurrent Employee
Pros
None this job is terrible
Cons
Everything is wrong here, don’t apply
- 4.0Associate AttorneyFormer Employee, more than 1 yearTampa, FL
Pros
Good benefits and co worker
Cons
Pay was low but benefits made up for it
- 2.0Child Protective InvestigatorFormer Employee, more than 8 yearsWest Palm Beach, FL
Pros
Work from home/hoteling. Ever changing and unpredictable work schedule including 75% of time being in field conducting risk assessment. Excellent Benefits. Hands-off supervision. Trust of community and exposure to many different educational opportunities. Received extra pay for 2+ years on weekend unit and 2+ years investigating child death on the Rapid Response/Special Victims Unit. Domestic Violence Specialist. SAMH specialist.
Cons
Unpredictable hours. Expected to work on days off and often more than 10+ hours per day. Unrealistic expectation of volumes of typed notes to be inputted immediately. Inaccurate information provided at intake and from supervisors. Risk of physical harm of self while in the field. Every intake was likely going to involve contentious and sensitive topics, persuasion, conflict resolution as well as conflict de-escalation. Emergency situations would often arise that would require immediate responses from myself and would often involve supervision direct above to 4 levels above me. Constant traveling in personal vehicle which caused wear and tear. Inconsistent direction from supervision. Constant changes in Operational Directives as well as yearly changes in state law. Court hearings that, although important, were often procedural and I was required to attend. A general attitude of importance of meeting deadlines as opposed to focusing on child safety and well being. Having to remove children, sometimes in a rushed and hurried manor, leading to confusion and fear for the child. Paperwork requirements were extensive and became, at times, overwhelming. Support staff cut backs that slowly increased workload to a level that made this 40-50 per hour week into a 60-70 per hour week.
Florida Department of Children and Families Reviews FAQs
- Florida Department of Children and Families has an overall rating of 3.0 out of 5, based on over 744 reviews left anonymously by employees. 40% of employees would recommend working at Florida Department of Children and Families to a friend and 37% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 11% over the last 12 months.
- According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Florida Department of Children and Families employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Florida Department of Children and Families. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.
- 40% of Florida Department of Children and Families employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Florida Department of Children and Families 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.
- According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Florida Department of Children and Families to be management, career development, benefits and the cons to be workplace .
