Caltrans reviews

4.1

80% would recommend to a friend

(853 total reviews)

Malcolm Dougherty

67% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Caltrans has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 853 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Caltrans 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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853 reviews
2.0
Nov 18, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

You can get your job done in half the time they give you

Cons

The majority of the engineers aren't hard working. They go around talking to others and waste a few hours a day doing nothing. 25% of the engineers carry the project. The other 75% do as much work and give effort that is equal to someone that should be making $15/hr. New hires come in wanting to do more, but lose desire because coworkers and some seniors have stopped caring and give the minimum amount of effort. There is no incentive to do more. You have to write in your hours and request hours from project managers, almost like we are working for McDonalds. CALTRANS has failed the design team by not providing any equipment for teleworks (ie work cellphone, laptop, monitor...)

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