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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

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      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
      Feb 28, 2012

      Challenging and rewarding at times, better in the past, becoming more frustrating in recent years

      Environmental planner
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      secure, decent health and retirement benefits, probably better for those persons seeking security and stability while raising children

      Cons

      increasing bureacratic tasks, more administrative tasks and currently a very unfair pay parity issue with other employees - some with less or equal qualifications - due to different union representation

      2.0
      Dec 26, 2011

      There are good people here, but also a lot of lazy & inefficiency.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The benefits are great. The benefits I'm referring to are medical, dental, retirement, vacation leave benefits, sick leave, etc.

      Cons

      We were furloughed back in 2008 & STILL not back to what our original salary was back in 2007. We were cut 5% when furloughed. Furloughs are over but our salary is still below what it was BEFORE the furloughs. Caltrans is divided into 12 geographical districts. We're one department with 12 different ways of doing things. There's absolutely NO consistency throughout Caltrans, each district wants to do things THEIR way. People that are on the lower end of the pay scale do more work than higher-paying positions. There's no upward mobility, even though they say there is. When people who are inefficient or lazy are reported, often times supervisors agree with the complainant but then do nothing to address the problem.

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