TriMet Reviews

3.4

66% would recommend to a friend

(178 total reviews)

57% positive business outlook

TriMet has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 178 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.

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178 reviews
1.0
2 Feb 2022

Hostile Work Environment

Recommend
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Pros

Good pay, good benefits, great co-workers. Good job if you are a burly guy. Folks usually leave them a lone. Good job if your all about the benefits. If your single and if you "live to work not Work to Live" Mentality.

Cons

Harrased and assaulted daily by the public. Pending what area you drive, your bus could be shot at. Managers will not back you up no matter what. Once you hit the 3 year mark and your vested, managers do all they can to get rid of you. The union doesn't do well to back you up. If you are assaulted, you can not protect yourself, if you do you can lose your job. Managers are unreasonable. Had a very good time performance of 94%. They pulled me in the office because I wasn't at 100%. Average is 83% on time. Most drivers past and present suffer from PTSD. Close to 200 assaults in one year. Keep your head down and don't talk to the public, couldn't even say hi. The nicer you are and try to help, the greater chance of a complaint.

1.0
17 Apr 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is ok. Benefits are pretty good.

Cons

Constant micromanagement. No autonomy. High management turnover. Take the blame for boss' bad decisions. 1990s technology in all departments, hostile HR department. Payroll errors. extremely inefficient. expected to work during off time and vacation.

3.0
14 Feb 2015

Want to stay, but may have to leave

Recommend
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Pros

transit helps so many people everyday and you are part of that great mission. you have talented coworkers and great benefits, vacation, etc (whether union or non-union). there are many opportunities to work with other government agencies in the metro region. the transit/transportation field has started to grow again (after the great recession), so you can gain great experience at one of the highest recognized transit agencies in the country.

Cons

compensation is insultingly out of whack with the market (above and below), despite "market reviews". it is still an old boys club and not just in the union departments. women managers are treated and compensated differently than men in the same/similar roles. no succession planning is happening, which is fine now, but will backfire when the imminent wave of retirements looms near. in recent years, there has been a hemorrhaging of millenials due to lack of upward movement. the "us versus them" politics between much of the union and management is painful and inhibits work from really excelling.

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