Huge bureaucracy - Senior Transportation Engineer Caltrans Employee Review

3.0
Mar 20, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to work when times are bad. Good place to work if you don't live along the California Coast. OK place to work if you have a family. Good benefits.

Cons

Becoming increasingly political and less technical. New highways are becoming less common. Not adapting to modern times well at all. Very risk adverse and little or no incentive to push yourself technically.

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
Jun 5, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Stable, chances for advancement (dependent on location), more time off the longer you stick around

Cons

Heavy red tape, Analysts may be tasked with supporting way too many needy employees from their own and other units, low morale as a result.

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