Does Sound Transit pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sound Transit employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sound Transit. This rating has decreased by 16% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sound Transit?

33% of Sound Transit employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sound Transit 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sound Transit?

Program Manager (8) , Intern (7) , Project Manager (6) , Fare Ambassador (4) , Internship (4) , Senior Executive Assistant (4) , Senior Software Engineer (4) , Construction Manager (3) , Contract Specialist (3) , Engineer (3) , Accountant (2) , Deputy Director (2) , Management (2) , Project Coordinator (2) , Senior Business Analyst (2)

What are the pros of working at Sound Transit according to real employee reviews?

"Sound Transit has a great Benefit Package" ((in 37 reviews)); "People are great and genuine." ((in 12 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 10 reviews)); "Career path with decent pay in ($45 after one year as of 2024) but most don't make it to the one year mark." ((in 7 reviews)); "Fantastic managers." ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Sound Transit according to real employee reviews?

"Inexperienced management." ((in 6 reviews)); "Below average salary." ((in 4 reviews)); "There is a high level of incompetence in IT Senior Leadership and beyond, mostly promoted due to tenure rather than performance." ((in 4 reviews)); "The executive leadership and top line leadership is comprised of outsiders, and hand picked individuals." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Sound Transit locations?

Seattle , Washington , Auburn , Bellevue , Atlanta

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3.3

33% would recommend to a friend

(162 total reviews)

Dow Constantine

27% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Culture & values

2.7

Career opportunities

2.2

Senior management

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

4.0

Feb 26, 2021

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Senior executive assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Medical benefits are great for employee and family

Cons

They do not offer parking in downtown Seattle

Sound Transit Response

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review and noting our benefits. As a transit agency, we do incentivize our employees with a free ORCA card to take the train, bus or boat to work (and have a great location right next to the Sounder and light rail stations!). We also appreciate the comment about employee engagement surveys and will pass it along.

4.0

Feb 20, 2021

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Operations program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, time off, 401a, work life balance

Cons

Growing pains, salaries can be lower by comparison, but they have awesome befefits

Sound Transit Response

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! We believe that healthy employees equal a healthy, more productive agency. We are proud to offer a range of benefits, along with competitive pay based on market rates and internal equity. We appreciate your comment about growing pains, and our HR team would be happy to discuss this or any other concerns.

4.0

Feb 17, 2021

Great company

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits. Great mission. Great values.

Cons

Compensation studies are not always performed in a timely manner.

Sound Transit Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review of Sound Transit, and for all of the work you do for our agency! We appreciate the praise of our mission and values, and the note about compensation studies, which we will pass on to our Total Rewards team.

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