Public Transport Authority Reviews

Pros

Good environment, culture, work life balance and people

Cons

Restrictive Government processes for progress

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

Advice to Management

Focus on both middle and senior level management development - don't give up as it takes time to change. Assess competency regularly.

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

Advice to Management

Enbrace wholistic transport planning

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)

Advice to Management

Focus on your resource planning, young engineers and entry level workers need to feel that there is a path for progression and that there is some thought being made into the future for them (rather than a reactionary approach). Embrace newer ways to motivate employees and experiment more while keeping a high standard for safety. Innovation and change can be tempered with caution successfully - the needle probably... needs to move a little bit more though.

Pros

Dealing with different people on a regular basis

Cons

Payed on a fortnightly basis, and doesn't reflect on the job that is done. Split shifts days and nights, be prepared to lose your weekends. PPE you must provide, you will not be reimbursed for this. Work 80 hours on avg only payed for 76 , 4 hours to ADO accrual day off. This job is contracted by a Company called MSS SECURITY. Welcome to a dead end in your life.

Advice to Management

The deaf can not hear.

Pros

They have a work life balance and the opportunity to work on . Varied projects including major infrastructure projects. The opportunity to contribute to the greater good.

Cons

They don't pay as good salaries as private sector. Employee development often is less of a priority than the progress of a project.

Advice to Management

Invest in your employees both financially and in their development to increase staff retention. Be open to new technology and new ways of doing things

Pros

Free public transport Generally don't need to do extra hours of work, and any extra hours can be taken in lieu

Cons

Inconvenient location of head office Transactional management style Less responsibility than equivalent private sector position Organisation lacks maturity in delivering major projects Lengthy induction process even for senior employees Need to check carefully what the actual role is vs. how it was advertised

Advice to Management

Trust your employees

Pros

Low work load for half-decent money Get to use company vehicle and free fuel Low expectations of myself as basically everyone is sub-par

Cons

Culture based on dobbing Can't trust co-workers Management based on fear and bullying Full of nepotism and favouritism

Advice to Management

Quit and let some professionals do the job