Transdev reviews

3.0

50% would recommend to a friend

(1,066 total reviews)

Thierry Mallet

70% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Transdev has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,066 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there.

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1.0
Dec 14, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Depending on who your direct manager is, they will guide you through the issues of the company to not get fired. Some management will keep it real with you but the biggest issue is they are still under a microscope also.

Cons

Puts blame on the client always that it's the clients decisions and not TD. Favortism and discrimination highly used. Management are not trained to be actual managers. They are given a title to relay the message of the "law." New policies are created without it actually being a policy in the employee handbook. Also, good luck getting an employee handbook. They don't allow time for additional training that's mandatory continuous education. Threaten is their management style. Rather than any coaching or constructive criticism, it's wait until you make a mistake, let you be the responsible one and tell on yourself, then keep you employed because they need the numbers but on final warning. Keep in mind, that is if you're late a few minutes back from break once as an example.

2.0
Nov 25, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They offer snacks for all employees. It’s easy and mindless work. Coworkers are some of the nicest and coolest people. Pay is decent but definitely could be better. A great field to start in.

Cons

Management is terrible and benefits are awful. Schedule changes like every 3 months with no regard to life outside of work. Pay is below competitors in the area and when asked about pay raises, we were basically told we weren’t getting them. No transparency between client/management and production employees.

5.0
May 13, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

As a Senior Autonomous Specialist at Transdev working for Waymo, you will get to directly experience and make valuable contributions to one of the top autonomous vehicle technologies in the world. You'll be good at this job if you love people, driving, technology, cruise control, typing, writing, and video games. The role has competitive pay and benefits when compared to rideshare or taxi driving. You'll have opportunities to get to know some co-workers very well (during dual-driver missions). There are many opportunities for advancement with regular internal hiring announcements including instructor roles and salaried management positions within Transdev. If you're introverted and like being alone in a car to listen to music, podcasts, or audiobooks, there are single driver paths, but they may not lead to promotions and your hourly rate will cap out after a couple of years. You can apply for travel opportunities to temporarilly work in new cities being developed for the Waymo One service. You will get to know the cities you work in like the back of your hand. There is also a tractor-trailer division called Waymo Via that you can transfer into. It is pretty easy to get hired into the entry-level Autonomous Specialist role, but you need to be diligent, patient, persistent, and work well with others to be promoted into the Senior AS role. There are pay bumps every 6-months. Most drivers seem to be first- or second-generation immigrants from all around the world which is pretty awesome because you can hear their stories about their native country. Although it is a very ethnically diverse work environment, there seem to be a lot more men than women, so if you’re a woman, you may actually have an easier time getting hired here.

Cons

After you pass the initial training, the first year or more can be lonely with a majority of single-driver assignments. When you have passengers, you have to turn off your speaker, and the passenger might not talk to you (because it is a simulated driverless experience), so that’s worse than Uber driving where you can initiate conversations if your passengers want to chat and you have more ability to play music, etc. The entry Autonomous Specialist role has a high turnover rate. While it is easy to get hired it is also very easy be exited for policy violations such as touching a mobile device when the car is not in park. There's also a merit point system so if you do get penalty points, you won't get the pay bumps and won't get interviews for promotions. Not so easy to get the points back either, slowing your career path. There are multiple shifts running 24/7 and when you're first hired, you might end up in a shift that conflicts with your normal sleeping hours. There is no clear path for being hired into a "white badge" (direct employee) position at Waymo or Google, it has happened to some employees of Google's vendors, but it is not a common thing.

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