Public Transport Authority Reviews
Updated 29 Oct 2020
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"Awesome place to work (ip&ls)"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Public Transport Authority full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great opportunities to learn Huge exposure on client side to decisions and decision making
Cons
Wages lower than private sector Often politcal decisions
Continue reading"Good company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsApproves of CEOI have been working at Public Transport Authority full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Job security, good pay roster penalties
Cons
Rigid safe working rules, too much night shift
"Not too bad, but not for the ambitious"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Public Transport Authority full-time
Pros
Interesting projects Real impact on the life of citizens
Cons
Salaries well below market rate.
Pros
Good working conditions and pay.
Cons
Not really treated like an adult.
"Large Government Agency"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Public Transport Authority full-time
Pros
Easy going atmosphere Interesting Projects Flexible Working
Cons
Relatively slow to adapt with initiatives and software
"Very good working environment"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsApproves of CEOI have been working at Public Transport Authority full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Friendly people, many opportunities for engineers, good support from other departments
Cons
Long decision making cycle, bureaucracy, still using timesheet even for managerial positions
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"Ask yourself if the salary is worth it"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Public Transport Authority full-time for more than a year
Pros
- Higher than average salary - Contributing to the community by working for a public transport department - Good executive team - Friendly colleagues - Free public transport
Cons
- Low to mid-level management lack management skills such as planning for the future and how to deal positively and fairly with employees - No professional development - although plenty of training is provided for your current role - Very few opportunities to take on temporary roles at a higher level - these are usually filled externally by contractors - Pressure from management to not record overtime - Possible gender bias in internal promotions - I saw qualified and experienced female employees overlooked more than once for high level positions, in favour of hiring equally or less-qualified males externally. This happened for both permanent and temporary positions.
Continue reading "Working at the PTA"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Public Transport Authority full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Colleagues are friendly and supportive Good location Work on major infrastructure projects for the state is exciting Salary and work conditions are excellent Great executive team and easy access to have discussions
Cons
Supervisors and managers need support in dealing with people issues. All too easy to say yes Just deal with deal with difficult issues and don't pass them on. A lot of finger pointing Accept responsibility
Continue reading"Manager planning"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Public Transport Authority
Pros
Operationally motivated environment. Contributing to major projects that impact peoples daily lives
Cons
A siloed environment. Not much agreement between pta and other agencies. Internal conflict between bus and rail
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"Engineering Graduate into Project Engineer role"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI have been working at Public Transport Authority full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Comprehensive and well supported graduate engineer positions. They look out for your development and move you around the business to expose you to a wide array of business units. Weekly hours are consistent and flexible. Approving leave is rarely an issue. Company culture is friendly and welcoming. Useful and well developed project management frameworks. Engineering procedures can be helpful. High standard rail network and operation. PTA has control and ownership of all metro rail assets which makes stakeholder structure a lot simpler. Decisions can be made more easily.
Cons
Graduate engineers end up as Engineering/Project Officers at the end of their 3 year program which can feel like a demotion. Many lower level roles lack pressure/deadlines which can lower the feeling of productivity, motivation, success and development Bureaucracy can get in the way (its a government organisation) Conservative culture, not very dynamic or innovative. Modern technology for quality of life improvements in day to day work non-existent (i.e instant communicator, building wi-fi only added in 2016)
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