16 Nov 2022
Digital Transformation Office Reviews
3.0
61% would recommend to a friend
76% positive business outlook
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5.0
18 Jan 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Staff within the DTA, working on delivering projects, are highly skilled, and competent. The vast majority of the people DTA employ have chosen to develop deep specialties, and therefore are valued for those specialties. Unlike the wider APS, staff are encouraged to cross skill ONLY if they have a natural interest in doing so. The theory is not to be a generalist but to work in multidisciplinary teams with people with equally deep specialities in other areas. This is how cross-skilling effectively occurs. There is huge opportunity here to feel valued and the flat reporting structure attempts to make all team members opinions heard.
Cons
If you are a traditional Beauracrat who believes in the ladder climb in Government then this place will really frustrate you as it attempts to challenge that. Equally if you are used to the private sector then this place may also frustrate you as it does have process and procedures akin with other Government Departments. The DTA's mandate is a near impossible task; fix the Government while being a part of the Government. Affecting change in a systemic and deeply embedded culture of red tape and hierarchy will take years, the DTA will always have a rough time being accepted by it's fellow Departments because of its fundamental positioning flaw.
1.0
22 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Working with extremely smart teams in the agile and user centered design space you will learn alot here in a short space of time
Cons
Staff at the DTO (now DTA) are treated like commodities. You are very replaceable if you don't know how to play office politics
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