"Find a job you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life." - Confucius…read more Working in the government sector as a NYC civil service employee is a rewarding and secure career, but it all starts with applying at NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services. Upon entering job candidates are subjected to walk through X-ray, turn off all cell phones and place cell phones in a clear sandwich resealable bag. Organization for candidates entering the test site; to exiting the grounds are very clean and orderly pass with Big Brother watching you. All civil service exams are now computerized as candidates sit in front of a touch screen computer monitor and select an answer for multiple choice. Facilities are available and are moderately clean. Exams varies month by month pending availability and the need for position(s). Personally, I apply to what aligns my professional background and experience to enhance a better career for improved quality of life.

I worked there for about 6 months. It was bizarre. I'll give you a couple examples:…read moreI wore headphones sometimes. Lots of people did. My manager told me that I have to buy smaller headphones because someone higher up thought my headphones were too big. One time it was after 5, I was working late, so I put my headphones back on. And the next day my manager and her manager had a meeting with me about the size of my headphones because someone high up, who never identified themselves, were offended by my headphones. There were no rules about headphone size. They were just regular beats headphones. It's weird that some person, apparently an important one, called my boss, and her boss in, to tell them to have a meeting with me about not wearing headphones, even after hours, even away from my desk. I was not allowed to have headphones on in the building. Not weird enough? I've got more. My manager was a sociopath so I often had to work late. At a certain point, they told me that I was not allowed to be in the building after 6. I was allowed. There was no rule against it. Others did. They just singled me out. Apparently, some prior employee had been bringing people into the office after hours to do....something with them. So they were sensitive about it. Need more weird stuff? For about a week it smelled like a dead animal in the office and then it went away. Never found out what that was. Need more? At one point, my manager told me that I have to tell her when I leave my desk. So, I had to tell her when I was going to the bathroom. I was 30 years old at the time. Again, my manager was a psychopath. At one point, her boss told me that he is actually scared of her and that she had previously worked in the Parks department and had gotten at least 3 people fired. Finally, here's when I decided to quit: My manager had a meeting with me and her boss in order to embarrass me. She brought up a project and I showed it to her. Of course she said it should be like XYZ, and I said, that's what I did the first time. She asked me to pull it up. I opened the folder with 22 drafts of this project and showed her the first one I did which was like XYZ and reminded her that she told me at the time it needed to be like ABC. She basically openly hated my guts from that point forward, and like I said, she like getting people fired. I know what it looks like when a manager is trying to get an employee they don't like fired. So I left. I get paid well over twice as much now without being abused and harassed. Also, I won't get into specific but I was also aware of a lot of things they did that the general public would not have been happy about. At one point, a developer outbid the city for a piece of land and they decided to sue him. When asked about on what grounds, they pretty much shrugged and acknowledged it was just to eff with the guy and make him waste money in court and with lawsuits as some form of retaliation for the city not getting the land.

IMPOSSIBLE TO FILE. IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH. ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY…read more USCIS encourages online filing. Their system requires an "Online Access Code" they never sent. I submitted a service request with passport and case details proving I am the applicant. Their response: "We are not able to provide the information you have requested. It is not clear that you are the applicant." I am the applicant. Holding their own notice with my name on it. They cannot verify I am myself. The response ends with: "This mailbox is not monitored. Please do not reply." Cannot file online - no access code provided. Cannot get help - they claim they cannot verify me. Cannot reply - mailbox unmonitored. Cannot reach anyone - phone maze, useless chatbot, no email. They collect $2,840 in fees upfront. Filing fee. Fraud prevention fee. Premium processing fee. Then make completing the process impossible. The Contact Center is designed to prevent human contact. Emma chatbot loops endlessly. Phone system redirects until you hang up. No email support exists. When applicants face issues with their own cases, USCIS hides behind Privacy Act excuses to avoid helping. They blame applicants for systemic failures they created. This agency collects billions in fees annually while providing no functional support system. Applicants are treated as problems to be avoided, not people to be served. If you must interact with USCIS, document everything. Expect no help. Budget for legal representation because their "self-service" system is designed to fail.

I was very disappointed in how rude the Field Officer was. There was a clear bias from the start…read morebecause she "was not even supposed to interview us". The backstory is my Wife and I are from CT but our appointment was scheduled here in Newark and from the beginning our officer seemed annoyed that she had to deal with someone clearly not from NJ. She even said out loud I shouldn't even be doing this. She took out her frustration on us and didn't give a fair interview. How can we trust the Govt who prides themselves on being fair and just when they hire a woman like this who clearly took out her frustrations on a citizen and his wife. This does not sound just or fair at all. I highly recommend the officers get some Professional Development on human decency.

I was treated very nice and kindly THERE my matter was taken care of perfessionly, the Lawyer was…read moreGreat and the Judge listened to TO MY STORY.. She let me speak,Cry Express my feelings. I was very grateful for that. I asked her to help my nephew although I was WAS the one sent him to jail and filed the restraining order I wanted him to get help cause he wasn't taken his medicine the drugs was making him crazy and he was already diagnosed Paranoid sicofranic. Anyway THE JUDGE HEARD BOTH SIDES AND GRANTED My wish she sent my nephew to a PSYCHIATRIST CENTER AND HE'S GETTING THE HELP NEEDED FINALLY. So I thank the court system.

I want to thank the people who work there! They help me with my divorce in every possible way!…read moreAll employees are super polite and knowledgeable!

Lighting was from this century some cool screens going on, but most importantly woman in the NFL…read morefilms blue sweatshirt was terrific! Guided me to get clear id even tho i hadn't prepared for it. Bless up blue sweatshirt!

The guys working the area to get your license are so rude! Yelling "the sign says to put it in park…read moreright put it in park!!!" I read the sign before and then after just to double check it never says put it in park. We are told to wait outside after the driving test then my son gets called in after thankfully passing and I go to walk in with him and a different guy puts his hand up and says "just him"!! Okay how am I suppose to know these things and maybe double check the signs before you yell at me for not reading them right. Here's the picture that supposedly said to put it in park.

Local police department for Millburn. Standard security upfront, and they can buzz you in after…read morehours. They also have a medicine drop off box (no liquids or sharps, though). They often do community events, and cover the school crossings during drop-off and pick-up during open & close.

You have to drive between two buildings on Linden Ave East (the warehouse on the left is Liberty…read moreSelf Storage, the brick building on the right is Cenveo) to get to the JCIA; after driving between the two buildings, make the first left into a small cul-de-sac, stop at a booth (not the very first booth as you drive between the two buildings, but the boot in the cul-de-sac), have your ID present and they may ask you for your license plate. They'll fill out a form and tell you where to go from there: drive down the Do Not Enter/Authorized Vehicles Only path, and just as you start to go up a hill where some gas pumps are, make the first left. Just to the right in that area (it's also a parking lot of sorts for a bunch of industrial vehicles) is a giant green dumpster for electronic waste.

I'm writing to express my deep disappointment and frustration with how I was treated on September…read more10th, 2019, by a DPW employee, who is clearly failing to do his job accurately and honestly. As a business owner and property owner in Jersey City for the last 15 + years, I have always made sure to notify the DPW of lingering trash on the streets I find near and around my business. I take pride in participating in the efforts of keeping our streets clean. I have always dealt with Traun, Ben, Richie and Mario - the dispatchers at DPW who have always been incredibly helpful and can attest to the fact that I always notify them anytime I see trash dumped on our streets (Especially Mr. Traun). As it has been my practice for the last 15+ years, on July 18 2019, I called in seeing several trash bags outside my building. It is important to note that before even making the call I checked the bags to ensure they were not part of my construction. If it was I would've simply moved it to the back of my building where I'm holding any construction debris which is removed on a weekly basis. To my dismay, I came back to a ticket. After weeks of calling to speak to the Inspector - William Richardson, I was finally promised by his supervisors Kristine and Nancy that I would receive a call back. The inspector, to my surprise, was incredibly rude and refused to hear anything I had to say. His determination was that it was my trash was simply an assumption on his part. I can't imagine assumptions and not thorough investigations are part of his training or duties. His solution for me was to go and fight this in court because he felt he did his job. Without opening the bag of garbage how exactly could he determine it was mine? I can assure you he didn't because the trash bag had no construction materials for his determination to be accurate. Why should I waste a work day for a mistake he made? One that simply could've been avoided had he actually done his job. I think it's logical that I wouldn't have called DPW had it been my trash. Who would voluntarily put themselves in a situation to receive a ticket? It is situations like this that discourage residents from helping the city maintain our community. How can I trust in our community and attempt to help if I'm risking getting an incompetent inspector too lazy to do his job and eager to give undeserved tickets? As a contributing business to the Jersey City economy and participating community member I hope to hear back with a resolution for this matter. This Review was sent to the Mayor and Jacob Hudnut - Chief Prosecutor