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      3.3

      33% would recommend to a friend

      (162 total reviews)
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      Dow Constantine

      27% approve of CEO

      28% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Sound Transit has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 162 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sound Transit employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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      162 reviews
      5.0
      Oct 7, 2022

      Working at ST

      Principal architect
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Great job stability during economic downturns. -Highly skilled and collaborative workforce. -Equitable hiring and racial/gender bias awareness -Great benefits -Good work/life balance

      Cons

      -Long-term projects lasting approximately 8 yrs -Work can be complex, bureaucratic, political and slow -Work can lack inspiration and innovation

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      Sound Transit Response
      3y
      Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! We set our salaries at the mid-point of the market, so some companies offer higher salaries than we do, while others are lower. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package (thanks for mentioning that!) and retirement plans. Please feel free to reach out to our HR team at any time with additional feedback.
      4.0
      Aug 14, 2022

      Mixed Experience - great people, not great management

      Executive senior business manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      cool company vision & mission

      Cons

      limited internal opportunities for senior IC

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      Sound Transit Response
      3y
      Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and for mentioning our vision and mission to connect more people to more places in our region with public transit. Our HR team would love to hear more of your feedback on internal mobility because that is a priority for us - please feel free to reach out any time.
      5.0
      Feb 17, 2022

      Overall a great agency to work for with some minor frustrations

      Managing director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I have been with Sound Transit for 8+ years and I am currently a director. I can only speak for the department/team I work in and no organization is perfect including Sound Transit: - I work with a team of smart and passionate people who want to make a positive impact in the agency and for the Puget Sound community. - It feels good to work for an organization that wants to make the world a better place. - Sound Transit provides a really great benefits package - In my area the pay is competitive and I am aware that in some other departments employees feel differently - The agency believes in its values and is a purpose driven organization which I really appreciate. I does not mean there isn't plenty still to be done and worked on. - While Peter (our CEO) has been controversial at times, I really appreciate him as our leader over the past 6+ years. I personally admire any person who wants to be CEO of a transit agency as I consider it to be mostly a thankless job. - As a leader my goal is to create a psychological safe environment where everyone can bring their views and ideas to the table so that we can make the best decisions possible. I am incredible grateful to the people I work with that we succeed in this regard most of the time.

      Cons

      - As is normal for an agency or government entity there are a lot of rules and procedures which we have to follow and that creates a lot of red tape. Which means it can take a long time to get things done or for changes to occur. - Because Sound Transit has been entrusted with huge amount of tax dollars there is a lot of interest from the public in what we do, and rightly so. However, it is not always easy for employees to navigate all the different demands, views, and opinions. - Traditionally we have been very siloed and cross functional collaboration has been lacking. I am happy to report this has improved significantly over the last 5 years and we still have more work to do to on that front.

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      Sound Transit Response
      4y
      Thank you very much for taking the time to leave such a thorough review! We especially appreciate the comment about our work environment and the emphasis on psychological safety, so all voices are heard and everyone can bring their full selves to work. Thanks for your leadership!
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