BNSF Railway Reviews

Pros

Good Benefits and Pay for work

Cons

No negatives. Great company to work for

Pros

Great opportunities for those that work hard Allows employees to work with empowerment Good pay / benefits

Cons

Industry can be stressful EB’s and flows of work driven by rise and fall of economy Doing more with less across the organization

Pros

You could basically earn any amount of money that you want. The harder you work the more money you make. But it's basically blood money to be away from your family. if you work as often as they let you and work 12 hours a day, you'll earn 125 to a $130000 a year. Work the bare minimums and you're still gonna make 60000 a year.

Cons

Generally you're always on call 24/7. Holidays and every day of the year. They use a point system for attendance. Which is a very unfair point system.

Pros

Pay and benefits. That's literally it.

Cons

No upward movement, horrible relationship with management as well as coworkers, lifestyle is nonexistent.

Pros

Ease of work and pay

Cons

Schedule and work life balance

Pros

Money, and insurance nothing else.

Cons

Basically, just live at work sometimes work twice a day you travel and are gone for 1-3 days, you work 24/7 company is vindictive, spies on you steals from you etc. Long story short don't work here you will either quit, get furloughed or fired before you know it don't bother working here.

Pros

Can make 100,000+ a year but your typically traveling all over U.S or atleast out of town Sunday through Friday. unless your one of the “good ol boys” it’s hard to get good overtime. a lot of stress if your a young foreman like I was. the older guys just sit around and never do anything unless you yell at them constantly.

Cons

No regards to safety. local Division manager only preach safety to guys they don’t like and everyone else gets away with stuff right under there noses. All the “Good ol Boys”, go home early and pat time till everyday. and if anyone else does there written up or fired.

Pros

Great front line management experience. Loads of opportunities to use management and leadership experience. Actually doing your job and being a leader is not easy. People tend to sit back and go with the flow, which is not what the company pays you to do. As a whole, the union folks generally do a good job. A bunch of great workers. However, you do have some bad apples. So really a great opportunity for management to get the most of the people who struggle and value those that take care of business.

Cons

A small percentage of employees are just totally toxic towards management and are essentially impossible to work with and/or manage. I found this aspect particularly difficult. Also, working nights half the year is not enjoyable. And finally, rail yards are not in the best part of town. Nonetheless, a really unique and interesting job (if you actually do it and strive to add value to the operation). Another con is job security. When they go through layoffs - everyone (including management) gets cut. Finally, the job pays well BECAUSE the lifestyle can be uncomfortable. So expect it. Know what you're getting yourself into.

Pros

Benefits, pay is ok for what you do

Cons

You’ll never be home and away from family

Pros

Retirement for now/ medical insurance is better than average for now. But every contract we keep loosing more.

Cons

Horribly run compan. No one in management cares about its employees. Hours are horrible for what we get paid. Everyone's health is in jeopardy the longer you stay working for BNSF. Everyone is a diabetic/ has sleep apnea. Horrible sleep patterns. CEO is out of touch has no idea about how to RR.