Caltrans reviews

4.1

79% would recommend to a friend

(851 total reviews)

Malcolm Dougherty

67% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Caltrans has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 851 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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851 reviews
2.0
Mar 30, 2017

Only Trons Need Apply

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

If you can play the game, you'll do well. The licensed employees (engineers, etc) have it made with great salaries. Work is fairly steady. There are rare supervisors who are cool and give staff the freedom to do their jobs---in other words, to be the professionals they were hired to be. Staff is allowed to take their leave time without a hassle about it.

Cons

Only female robots get promoted. Don't show any emotion! Discrimination and chauvinism is still rampant, but not overt. Staff are paid according to classification, so pay across genders is fair. But opportunities for better experience are given to the favorites; men are given a pass on poor behavior while women are still required to perform perfectly. The promotional system is rigged so they can hire who they want. Objective #1, above anything else, is don't irritate anyone. Projects and schedules are secondary to that. Management looks for non-action milquetoasts to promote. They don't want anyone who's going to rock the boat. Everything must be status quo. Most supervisors break every single rule you will ever read on how to be a good supervisor. They are actually taught this. Pay is very low for those without a professional license and the union is terrible. Benefits are not good either, and decreasing all the time. Opportunities for those without a license are extremely limited.

4.0
Mar 24, 2017

Project manager

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Given a lot of responsibility

Cons

Funding roller coaster for projects can create a feast or famine amount of work

4.0
Mar 21, 2017

good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

friendly, good experience, work life balance

Cons

no parking, slow work, bureaucracy,

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