Pros
PTO policy is great. 5 weeks to start, and sick leave + vacation all fall under one PTO label Work/Life balance is good, you could mostly forget about work at the end of the day 9/80 schedule: You have the option of having this schedule, although there is a mandatory 1-hour lunch, so you are actually at the office for 10 hours/day Decent pay, depending on your position/department Your monthly Metrolink or Metro pass is paid for by the agency
Cons
Management is a slave to the board of directors, all of whom know nothing about Metrolink's day-to-day work. Almost all decisions at this agency need to be vetted and approved by them, and this often results in nonsensical policy and terrible strategy. No one in management (including the CEO) is able to stand up to them, so the worker bee employees end up with the short end of the stick -- having to go forward with awful direction, and having to deal with the repercussions later. I initially chose to work here because everyone told me about the stability of working in the public sector, but this is not the case at Metrolink. I have seen whole departments get sacked without warning, and the employee turnover rate is exceedingly high for a public agency (you'll notice that there's a steep drop off in the number of employees getting their Year 1 recognition award and the number of employees getting their Year 5 recognition award).