Toxic work environment. Nobody cares about helping you. - Land Surveyor Caltrans Employee Review

1.0
10 Sept 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Its a job where nobody actually does any work and at the same time prefer not be bothered in anyway. If you are motivated and driven human being who wants to grow as an individual this may be hard. If you are looking to grow, this may conflict with you as well.

Cons

Stay away from the clerical and admin teams. They have supervisors who have been creating a toxic work environment for their employees and writing them up negatively. Luckily I never had to deal with that but the turnover rate is high because of inexperience and micromanaging. If you work as a surveyor like me its fun. If you are a clerk this is a place to avoid. If you don't mind being micromanaged and mistreated without having any HR department to turn to, by all means apply. The only help you can receive is from a union you would pay into that takes a month to respond and eventually lets you know they cannot help you.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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