Norfolk Southern Reviews

Pros

Benefits, pay, vacation, stable work.

Cons

Some clerical personnel are very lackadaisical and to stuff on their own time.

Advice to Senior Management

Take care of the people that do their jobs and find new people to replace the ones that don't.

Pros

Plenty of opportunity for growth, between others doing a half way job and 15,000 people retiring in the next 10 years makes for a good environment to get alot more responsibility quickly.

Cons

Expect to work a minimum of 6 days a week, any less and you'll not get anywhere. Union environment makes for a "us against them" workplace and can often make it difficult to get simple tasks done.

Advice to Senior Management

I don't have a problem working hard and working long hours but at the end of the day I still feel unsatisfied with what I am doing. Instead of fostering new ideas, there is a mentality of just doing your job and doing it all again tomorrow.

Pros

Good wages, not much else good the co-workers were in the same boat, a company that does not care about the employees

Cons

poor management. Poor disiplinary policies. a company that does not care about the employees. this is a company that only cares about the bottom line. you get hurt, you are in a war to get back to work.

Advice to Senior Management

Start caring about the employees, they are your life blood. they are not just a human resource.

Pros

Norfolk southern is one of the leading railroad comapnies and it is good bet for secured jobs.

Cons

Not a good management. Get replies after months.

Advice to Senior Management

Be particular as far as decisions are concerned.

Pros

Innovative ideas in IEOR dept

Cons

No love for H1-B candidates

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

Variety of work
Pay and benefits
Equipment well maintained in general
Great history of company
Stock price goes up over time

Cons

Married to job not family
Militaristic supervisors
Nights and weekends
Too many merger employees not satisfied
Union is too self focused

Advice to Senior Management

Need to have more northerners working in management and not the south. Hey the civil war ending a long time ago.

Pros

Great Training Program
Excellent Starting Pay
Ability to travel to other places
Department Rotations are a great way to see all aspects of the company

Cons

Long Hours
Glass ceilings for some
No flexibility with time in transportation
Operating department jobs have often led to divorce
Can become trapped in certain departments, meaning when opportunities from other departments are possible, your department may deny interviews, promotions etc.

Advice to Senior Management

Allow opportunities for employees to advance without fearing that specific departments will not have enough man power. There are many capable college grad having trouble finding entry level jobs to deny employees with several years career opportunities.

Pros

+ Efficient
+ Above average pay for Civil Engineers
+ Knowledgeable staff

Cons

- Limited promotion opportunities
- Lack of creative thought
- Lots of micromanaging

Advice to Senior Management

Cut out some of the middle management

Pros

You will work with great people. Very strong company. Better than average benefits. Potential for advancement.

Cons

Managment has a very old school mentality.
There are too many layers of managment, and it is only increasing.
Lack of training when new products are brought in.
Lack of vision of managment.
Managment does not fully understand their environment or what is going on in it.
Everyone you work with is taking interviews elsewhere, so turnover is starting to be an issue.

Advice to Senior Management

Training on new IT products should be mandatory. A real evaluation of the managment structure is needed. Salaries need to be more inline with other companies in the area.

Pros

The benefits were great and far more than comparable positions in industry. Also, compensation was very comfortable. Very structured format and work was cut out for you.

Cons

The workplace environment was very banal and did not support open feedback and communication. Hierarchical structure of the positions made it a very intimidating environment.

Advice to Senior Management

Upper management should allow feedback from employees. Also, work environment is unnecessarily strict as far as dress code and appearance.