Mixed Bag - Management Sound Transit Employee Review

- The mission is amazing, and there's nothing like seeing tangible evidence of your work throughout the region. I've been gone for a few years, and I still feel a twinge of pride when I see the progress on FWLE. -Due to the agency's extremely unique mission, Sound Transit attracts some outstanding talent, and within that, a subset of truly good, caring people. -The organization was fairly organized and comprehensive in its HR functions, and the benefits are stellar. The employee experience was pretty good IF you had the right manager. -ST made some real gains in diversity, equity and inclusion internally and externally while I was there, despite sometimes outright antipathy from leadership. There were pointed questions about why parental leave was really necessary from male leaders. There was consistent and serious resistance to seriously considering community voices or the customer experience in a way that could at all impact the all-important Scope, Schedule, or Budget. There was scrutiny and suspicion of ERG activities that dared to go beyond food and fun cultural celebrations. And even so, the agency made more progress than I would have guessed given all of that. I hope they've been able to continue building on it.