King County employee discounts for Husky Football

Husky Football is excited to offer local Washington government employees discounted tickets to three exciting games this year. This special offer is exclusively available to you as a local Washington government employee! Join UW as Coach Fisch, Will Rogers, and the Dawgs take on Weber State, Northwestern, and UCLA this season. To purchase discounted tickets, click here. Discounted tickets are available for the following games, UW vs Weber State, Saturday, Aug. 31; UW vs Northwestern, Saturday, Sept. 21; UW vs UCLA, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. See all available employee discounts on the Employee Discount webpage.

King County employee discount for 2024 Washington State Fair 

King County employees can save on admission and ride tickets for the Washington State Fair. Have a blast with tons of free entertainment, fabulous Fair food, rides, farm animals and more. To purchase your discount tickets visit thefair.com/corporate, click the “Buy Tickets” button, enter access password: king24, under “Corporate Perks – 2024” click “Buy Tickets” for Admission & Ride deals. Get full details here. 2024 Washington State Fair takes place, Aug. 30 – Sept 22. See all available employee discounts on the Employee Discount webpage.

Facilities Management streamlines customer service under new section  

Crossposted from the DES Express   The Facilities Management Division welcomed the Customer Experience Section (CES) to their division last month. This new group oversees customer-facing services: the Customer Care Team (CCT), Print Shop, ID Access, Chinook 13 Program, and the Parking Program. From day one, CES has been dedicated to discovering ways they can improve the customer service their partners receive. “What initially attracted me to this role was the opportunity to engage in process development within a new team structure that focuses on the experience of all those involved,” said Shannon… Read More

Tech Tip: USB Sticks (User Snare Bait)

Have you ever found a USB Stick/Thumb Drive, or a CD on the ground or in a parking lot? Hopefully you did not put this into your computer.While you may be tempted by curiosity to see what data is on there, or perhaps to identify the owner, Do Not insert any of these found objects into your computer. You may think that it is your lucky day… ‘Hey, Free USB Stick!’, but in fact it could turn out to put you in a hot seat with your IT department. This is a common… Read More

Join the Balanced You Well-being Advisory Committee

Do you have ideas on how King County can better support the well-being of you and your colleagues? Balanced You is seeking employees interested in joining our Balanced You Employee Well-being Advisory Committee! Any King County employee who is interested is invited to apply. Inspired by employees, Balanced You equips us to live healthy and safe, know and use our benefits, and find balance in life and work. We’re Investing in YOU to help you feel good, get the most out of life, and do your best work for the people of King County. Read… Read More

Fleet Services motor pool reservation system changing soon

Crossposted from the DES Express Fleet Services is updating their Motor Pool Dispatch (MPD) reservation technology. Fleet’s current vehicle reservation system, INVERS, is nearing its end of life and will be retired by the end of 2024. To continue meeting employees’ transportation needs efficiently, the Fleet Services team is partnering with the vendor to bring an updated and more reliable reservation technology called WeGo. This new system will provide more efficient access to vehicles. Read more.

Now Recruiting 2024 Employee Giving Program Ambassadors

Bring a little inspiration to your day and build connection with your team by signing up to be an Ambassador. The Employee Giving Program is now recruiting King County Employees to serve as an Ambassadors for this year’s Annual Giving Drive to their work groups/sites. As an Ambassador, you are the heart and soul of our Employee Giving Program team. We can NOT run this program and support so many great causes without you. Last year that resulted in $2.29 million! You are the key to making sure that every King County… Read More

Your voice can be part of the future of Metro’s paratransit services

Crossposted from Metro Matters Are you an Access rider, caregiver to an Access rider, or service provider? Help shape the future of Access Transportation by taking our survey! King County Metro is continuing its full review of our paratransit rideshare service, Access Transportation, that will shape the service for the next seven to 10 years. We are at the stage where we are looking for community feedback from Access riders, Access caregivers, and Access service providers – organizations and businesses where Access riders are picked up and dropped off. If any of… Read More

A new era of health and racial equity in King County

Crossposted from Public Health Insider At a recent community celebration, Public Health – Seattle & King County unveiled an ambitious five-year strategic plan aimed at improving the health and well-being of our community. This new roadmap is the culmination of extensive collaboration and input from nearly 100 community and public health system partners, as well as hundreds of Public Health staff members. Informed by the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic and underscored by King County’s commitment to equity and the declaration of racism as a public health crisis, the plan charts a course toward a… Read More

New discount available for Method Learning academic tutoring

King County employees can now receive a 20% discount for courses available through Method Learning academic tutoring. Method Learning is a proven college readiness service that provides tutoring and helps guide students on their academic journey. For more details and to take advantage of the discount, click here. Services available include college admissions advising, college financial advising, ACT and SAT test prep, academic coaching, and much more. See all available employee discounts on the Employee Discount webpage.