Culture is challenging - Anonymous employee Sound Transit Employee Review

1.0
Sep 11, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Best benefits I've ever seen, whatever you ask for you get with what seems to be their unlimited budget, no one really works an 8 hour day.

Cons

There is an expectation that everyone must think and be the same (HR). Cannot share ideas openly. Majority of people I spoke to work in fear. Long term employees from "the dark days" run the place like they are royalty.

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Cons

Lots of bureaucracy. Salary discrepancy among peers, some who do less than you make way more than you. Never-ending leadership turnover that creates constant changes and instability among teams. Leadership decisions that do not make sense and create a negative impact on smaller teams. Some ERGs had more flexibility in their activities than others, and this was noticeable to the other ERGs. I saw 5-6 CEO/Acting CEOs during my 10-year period... which by itself says a lot. Before leaving, there was talk that folks would be asked to come to the office 3 times a week, but there is no space for everyone. The pandemic showed that we could all work remotely, unsure of the need for the push for the min 3 days in the office when the minimum required space is not even there.

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