Oregon Department of Transportation Reviews

Pros

I had a blast during my summer-temp job.

Cons

I don't have any cons.

Pros

Decent wages, good benefits, training.

Cons

Lots of night work, terrible supervisor.

Advice to Management

Layoff the "We're a Family" tagline. You are not a family, you are an employer.

Pros

Great benefits and salary, helpful teammates, nice and modern building, I had a fair & reasonable manager, teleworking opportunities. Good mixture of engaging work assignment. Mid-management seemed open to change and attempted to improve the working environment.

Cons

The overall work environment was micromanaging, cliques made it difficult to become a part of a team or contribute to a team, many of the customers were hostile and unprofessional.

Advice to Management

Upper management: trust your staff, give them room to grow from mistakes and setbacks, back them with the customers, create collaborative and inclusive teams instead of impenetrable cliques, acknowledge top performers equally, give qualified employees opportunities to move and/or cross-train with other internal teams.

Pros

There are some positions and some people that have the opportunity to really make a difference.

Cons

There is so much "bro" and seniority culture that it is hard to have any upward mobility. The bureaucracy makes it hard to get anything done. EVER.

Advice to Management

Listen to your employees and let the old employees retire. You need new blood and it is ready, you aren't listening.

Pros

Huge agency with lots of career paths and work locations Good benefits The Pay is competitive in all areas but the Portland/Metro area

Cons

It is a union job so there can be some dead weight that just cant be fired Can be dangerous on the the road/construction projects!

Advice to Management

Keep workers motivated Pressure the dead weight to move along Hold people accountable and expect results!

Pros

I enjoyed the team I worked with. I felt our team was above average compared to other parts of the agency.

Cons

There was no room for growth on my team.

Pros

Stable work, good benefits and more time off than you know what to do with.

Cons

Top scale pay for a TMSp2 is low considering the cost of living in the metro and the hazards of the motoring public and road way. Poor leadership program. People being promoted to leadership roles that have no business being a boss.

Advice to Management

Leadership is lackluster

Pros

Job stability. Good benefits, fair salary. Work/life balance. Variety of projects. Excellent location. Decent tools.

Cons

Outdated systems and processes. Lack of long-range vision. Decision averse. Stifling; creativity averse.

Advice to Management

You can't change everything, but you can promote and support incremental improvement. Value creativity and innovative thinking. Have measurable, meaningful goals. Promote managers who have vision, people skills, and process acumen; leaders who can (and will) make meaningful, intelligent decisions.