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      4.1

      79% would recommend to a friend

      (851 total reviews)

      Malcolm Dougherty

      67% approve of CEO

      76% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.3

      Work/Life balance

      4.0

      Compensation and benefits

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.7

      Culture & values

      3.6

      Senior management

      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
      Oct 21, 2013

      An interesting learning experience with fair compensation, but unexpected traps.

      Project engineer/district estimator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Often little pressure to produce productive and "profitable" results. Many opportunities to participate in paid educational opportunities, including week-long classes and seminars.

      Cons

      Little incentive to produce profitable and expedient results. Many out-dated procedures and processes.

      1.0
      Oct 8, 2013

      The most dysfunctional organization I've ever seen

      Engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You will hear employees say its a good place to work, because most have never worked anywhere else. And the others are just trying to get promoted. There are Furloughs, very low salaries, slow computers, back-bighting, brown-nosing, arrogant directors, and incompetent employees, transferred from one department to another with no real training or experience. -- Caltrans Slogan: "Just throw money at it"

      Cons

      It's always on the verge of collapse.

      3.0
      Jul 30, 2013

      Nice guys how don't work very hard.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Good steady job if you don't rock the boat.

      Cons

      Too much fraud and no one likes it pointed out.

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