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

Sound Transit reviews

3.3

33% would recommend to a friend

(162 total reviews)

Dow Constantine

27% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

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Ratings trend for the last 6 months (162 reviews)

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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).

Reviews by job title

162 reviews

5.0

Jan 21, 2021

Great organization with a great mission

Communications

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great mission and overall camaraderie. Fair compensation and great benefits.

Cons

Pace can be busy at times.

Sound Transit Response

5y

Thanks for taking the time to leave a review, and for your decade-plus of service to our agency and region! We agree, our mission to "connect more people to more places to make life better and create equitable opportunities for all" is a good one. And as we continue to expand transit options throughout the Puget Sound amidst a pandemic, it can get busy. For more information on how we're responding to COVID-19 and helping our region recover, check out our website: https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion/realignment.

4.0

Jan 14, 2021

Awesome Company!

Human resources receptionist/administrative assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great place to work .

Cons

Need to hire the direct hires and contractors - they work just as hard!

Sound Transit Response

5y

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and for recommending Sound Transit as a great place to work! Our contractors do work hard on behalf of our agency and our region. If you know of anyone looking for a job at Sound Transit, please feel free to direct them to our website, where current openings are updated on regular basis: https://www.soundtransit.org/get-to-know-us/jobs.

3.0

Dec 10, 2020

Public Agency

Project manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and interesting projects.

Cons

Very political environment which makes sense since the Board is comprised of local elected officials. This makes decision making a layered and time consuming process in and of itself.

Sound Transit Response

5y

Thank you for taking the time to leave a review - we really appreciate your feedback. And thanks for the point about the decision making process here at Sound Transit - there are a lot of choices to be made as we expand our regional transit system to serve more people in more places. You're right - our projects are interesting to say the least! https://www.soundtransit.org/system-expansion

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