TxDOT Reviews

Current Employee – been working at TxDOT

Pros – I learned stuff that I couldn't learn through textbooks, such as the different machinery that goes into placing concrete, etc.

Cons – Being outside for 9 hours a day in the heat of Austin definitely wore me out

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at TxDOT

Pros – If you are a fresh engineering graduate, then TxDOT is a place to start your career.

Cons – low salary, lukewarm management, crude inspectors

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at TxDOT

Pros – good benefits, training available, layed back, not much stress, work/life balance and fitness programs

Cons – low salary, not much flexibility in schedule, must work same schedule everyday, unless approved for different schedule

Advice to Senior Management – n/a

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at TxDOT

Pros – Great benefits, great people to work with

Cons – Public think you are the enemy

Advice to Senior Management – They do a good job at asking on how the project is coming along

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at TxDOT

Pros – Coworkers and supervisors were amazing people. Very knowledgeable. Great at showing and telling the ins and outs of the job.

Cons – A lot of drama and talk behind people's backs. Could use better organization in terms of scheduling and planning for the coming week.

Advice to Senior Management – Offer alternatives to employees disgruntled with their current situation. Be helpful when in hard times. Schedule and prepare to help new employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at TxDOT

Pros – Not too much fear of layoffs

Cons – Work can get redundant and can be 8 hours of working on the same thing everyday

Former Employee – worked at TxDOT

Pros – Relatively good pay and good benefits.
I had the opportunity to manage/inspect some significant projects with a lot of responsibility very quickly.

Cons – Quite a bit of outside work in the summer heat.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at TxDOT

Pros – Great Benefits and a lot of opportunity to learn.

Cons – Pay not so great at first

Advice to Senior Management – Stay on top of your game

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at TxDOT

Pros – TxDOT offers a good benefits package, ample vacation/sick time, and a stable job where you could feasibly work for the rest of your working life.

Cons – TxDOT, even though a PUBLIC sector company, fancies itself an engineering firm. This having been said, if you are not following an educational civil engineering path you can all but forget about career advancement. Important areas such as IT, accounting, and Business Admin. are secondary and even tertiary to engineering. Also, performance takes a backseat to preference when it comes to fair performance evaluations. If you ask questions be prepared to one day take a knife out of your back.

Advice to Senior Management – There is a reason TxDOT is getting such a bad rap and it's not because of the regular employees. Retirees are leaving in record amounts. My advice is just because you have a title does not mean you are ENTITLED. Just like the independent audit stated recently "start rewarding the performers and stop ignoring the problem makers". If, in fact, we are supposed to provide topnotch service to the public, such service needs to start in-house.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at TxDOT

Pros – Excellent training opportunities, decent benefits, opportunities for high-profile and challenging projects, opportunity to gain relevent experience that allows one to become marketable

Cons – Incompetent senior management and bad public relations leads to extremely poor employee morale. Uncertainity as to the future direction regarding size and scope of the organization.

Advice to Senior Management – Listen to all employees and learn about complexity of issues that employyes are dealing with