AC Transit reviews

2.8

37% would recommend to a friend

(62 total reviews)
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Mike Hursh

69% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

AC Transit has an employee rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 62 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The AC Transit employee rating is 20% below average for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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62 reviews
2.0
Aug 29, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits. It's a great company to work if you happen to be one of their favorites. If they don't like you you're screwed!

Cons

They are extremely rigid and have unrealistic expectations of trainees. You are not allowed to miss any days of training, if you get sick and come to work anyway they will send you home and you will get an adverse letter even tho you showed up. If you are a minute late they'll give you an adverse letter. If you fail a test they will give you an adverse letter. You are only allowed to get 3 adverses and with out hesitation they'll kick you to the curb with a smile on their face while they are doing it. You supposedly get 3 attempts to take your dl170 practical/behind the wheel test but if you have any adverse letters they count that as attempt at the test and it will be used against you. So if you have two adverse letters before your big test you only have one shot at the test and if you fail you're gone!

2.0
Jan 14, 2025

Toxic

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Union. Job for life that's about it

Cons

Toxic environment that will stress you out and will pull you in to be like them

1.0
Oct 26, 2024

Very stressful..

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Paycheck always on time, great place to work on good days.

Cons

Very stressful, especially in Berkeley, they don’t pay attention to anything, they don’t obey crosswalks or lights or anything. This job will wear you down over time, the scheduling department does not care about the operators or their mental health, they make these schedules with AI that doesn’t have any regard for the human element driving the bus. We’re not even human.

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