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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Sound Transit reviews

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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Reviews by job title

162 reviews

5.0

Mar 9, 2023

Work Experience

Sr contracts lead

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great life balance and benefits and interesting projects

Cons

Management cant make up their minds on priorities and makes work hard.

Sound Transit Response

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! Changing priorities can be frustrating, and our HR team would appreciate any additional feedback on that. Thank you for mentioning our benefits and our system expansion projects!

5.0

Nov 16, 2022

ST

Sr. project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

putting people first, projects second

Cons

equitable fare enforcement, non payment needs consequences

Sound Transit Response

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review! Our fare engagement program is in the middle of a big change to become more equitable (the public can learn about it here: https://www.soundtransit.org/ride-with-us/how-to-pay/fares/fare-engagement) and we appreciate the feedback. If you ever have more input to give to our HR team, we'd love to hear it!

4.0

Aug 29, 2022

Good Place to Work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very large and complex projects

Cons

slow to act on changes

Sound Transit Response

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review - we appreciate it! Our large and complex projects do take time, but our HR team would love to hear any additional comments or suggestions you have to improve the work experience. Please feel free to reach out any time.

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