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Approve of CEO
Richard Anderson
48 Ratings
Pros
"Decent pay and benefits, also plenty of autonomy" (in 24 reviews)
"Job securuty, good pay for the industry" (in 46 reviews)
Cons
"Long amount of time away from home, minimal sleep" (in 12 reviews)
"Work/life balance was not prioritized even though it could work in certain deparments" (in 10 reviews)
Helpful (3)
Great place to work! People believe in having fun at work!
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RecommendsPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Amtrak full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Fun, Challenging, Stay Busy, Ways to Grow Professionally.
Cons
Far from my home, Deadlines are aggresive, To many Chiefs, not enough Indians.
Advice to Management
Trust in your Engineers. They have the schooling and experience to make something happen the correct way. Just because you are in charge, does not mean you know what to do.
Amtrak2018-08-27Amtrak
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Amtrak full-time for more than 2 years
Pros
Great Team and pay is nice
Cons
Union based makes other not work will
Advice to Management
Keep developing your team and better customer service
Amtrak2019-02-16Call center
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Amtrak part-time for more than a year
Pros
Great place to work. Plenty of hours, flexible shifts, great staff, independent work! Come in work leave. 15 mins early or late grace time.
Cons
Training is serious! Cannot be 1 min late first 30 days or your out. And your allowed 2 lateness after 30 during your 90 days
Amtrak2019-02-13Yay and nay.
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Amtrak full-time for more than 4 years
Pros
Great pay, awesome benefits and free Amtrak meals
Cons
Long amount of time away from home, minimal sleep
Amtrak2019-01-30A decent place to work
StarStarStarStarStarI worked at Amtrak part-time for more than 20 years
Pros
Job securuty, good pay for the industry
Cons
Became stressful with the massive changes
Amtrak2019-02-06Great experience
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Pros
Benefits and pay are top of the line
Cons
Constantly working and no time for family life
Amtrak2019-01-16Toxic corporate culture that uses fear to encourage productivity and work.
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Amtrak full-time for more than 9 years
Pros
It used to be pride in working for Amtrak prior to current CEO and top down management style.
Cons
Very poor upper management that promotes a toxic and competitive work environment. Uses fear to encourage productivity and work.
Advice to Management
Amtrak employees used to care about making Amtrak better because they felt like they were working together to bring a valuable service to the country. Now people just work here until they find something better, retire, or their job is eliminated.
Amtrak2019-02-19PBX Operator
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I have been working at Amtrak full-time
Pros
Great Pay. Friendly coworkers. Free meal daily.
Cons
Schedle is all over the place. No stability.
Amtrak2019-01-14Amtrak
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Amtrak full-time for more than 4 years
Pros
Competitive pay, decent bonus structure, good benefits, work life balance
Cons
Brand needs to be refreshed, product needs to improve
Advice to Management
Keep up the current good work and refresh the old trains !
Amtrak2019-01-12Helpful (1)
Why can't I give a ZERO Rating?
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Amtrak full-time for more than 20 years
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Truthfully there are not many pros of working at Amtrak anymore. The CEO (Anderson) and CAO (Stadler) are slowly taking all the benefits away from the employees to increase their salaries/bonuses. The people that do the real work are no longer happy and internally the place is falling apart, as executive management is working to make the company more "efficient." However, the company is no longer effective. They will...
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Too many to list. The only way I would ever suggest coming to Amtrak is if you have no other options. If so, use it as a stepping stone and get out fast.
Advice to Management
What goes around comes around in this life or another...good luck!
Amtrak2019-02-16
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