Decent place to work - Anonymous employee AC Transit Employee Review

3.0
Feb 5, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flex hours In downtown city has some culture various shops and stores around building Stable job Long history of existence

Cons

- No parking at all. Parking costs $10 a day period. You basically park in the back lot. You don't get an actual parking spot unless you are really high up. So be prepared to spend about $3000 a year on parking alone! - There is a new regime in town. When I worked there, there were people who had been working for 30 years there in high positions. There was a family culture. Women were hired for really high positions makes $250k/yr. - Then after a CEO change the whole culture changed. He fired all the old crew and brought in his entourage. This was both good and bad. Good in the sense that some really bad people were let go but then bad in the sense that some good people exited also. - This is typical GOV agency where people basically work till they retire. For example, there are people that have been there since 1970s and putting 30-40+ years in at AC Transit is quite common. - Heavily unionized environment where you have to basically wait till someone leaves or retires to move up. - This whole district has a lot of problems in operations and such where operators get into fist fights and generally it's a rough environment.

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5.0
Aug 2, 2025
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Pros

Only work on-site on Monday and Tuesday. Free on Thursday and Friday. Commute with company vehicles. Free parking for employee.

Cons

Pension only for full time employee after 10 years

2.0
Aug 29, 2025
Recommend
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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!

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