Anonymous wrote:I just started working here a few months ago, coming from federal government (there are a lot of us!). So far it has been a good work environment. People are passionate and care about the work and are supportive and kind. I have heard that reorganizing and eliminating positions is real and common so it does feel less secure than I'd like. But I think the idea that central is a bunch of useless people hanging out is outdated

And I worked at Central Office 5 years ago and was also surrounded by people who really did care about their jobs and would get very frustrated by decisions or circumstances that seemed to make supporting students, teachers and principals more difficult instead of more effective (because sure, sometimes bad or confusing decisions were made). But mostly people worked hard and cared about students and better outcomes.

I just started working here a few months ago, coming from federal government (there are a lot of us!). So far it has been a good work environment. People are passionate and care about the work and are supportive and kind. I have heard that reorganizing and eliminating positions is real and common so it does feel less secure than I'd like. But I think the idea that central is a bunch of useless people hanging out is outdated

As someone who actually worked there... The majority of people are former teachers/school leaders and really passionate about schools and students. That said, it's not what it used to be pre-pandemic, which burned a lot of people out. DC gov benefits are decent. Central is almost always targeted for cuts when the city budget requires it, so a PP is right that there are often layoffs/department reorgs when that happens, and there's a lot of doing more with less. For example, the teams for community engagement and teacher/school leader recruitment team have a fraction of the staff they used to.

Okay this sounds pretty ominous. I appreciate the insight.

They reorganize and fire staff on the regular.. If you take it spend a lot of time networking so you can move into new position when this happens.

As far as I can tell 80% do nothing all day so….

Considering applying for a job in the DCPS central headquarters. Any idea of if these are good jobs?