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Updated May 17, 2022
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Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
- "The pay is good for a blue collar job but it hasn't been worth it for quite a while." (in 316 reviews)
- "Good money but not near keeping up with inflation or even remotely worth what you sacrifice and lose while working there" (in 52 reviews)
- "No work life balance and the company is always finding ways to take even more personal days away from us." (in 92 reviews)
- "with their families and their is very little thought or willingness to accommodate this kind of time off." (in 70 reviews)
- "Long hours (heavy reliance on legacy of railroad employees working all the livelong day)." (in 43 reviews)
Ratings by Demographics
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- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★Featured Review
Pros
Great culture and opportunities to develop
Cons
Field jobs require night shift work
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good team is very good
Cons
Sometimes work can get boring
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Great benefits and railroad retirement for union employees. The railroad is a very interesting and fun industry to be a part of!
Cons
Company is not as forward-thinking as most are post-Covid, which has caused them to lose a lot of valuable employees.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great pay, and work, for single man.
Cons
Benefits sketchy. No major cons so far
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Travel seniority based Health benefits great pay room for promotion
Cons
Travel Seniority based close supervision Rude co workers
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Stability, work life balance, Co workers
Cons
Only thing would be is salary
Continue reading - Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Was great compensation, and finishing the work was at the pace of the team.
Cons
Long-hours, 24/7 on call, investigations
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Benefits, retirement, great pay, easy
Cons
Boring, lack of good management, no good common sense thinking by upper management
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Pay is good, benefits are good and plenty of overtime. Own truck, tools, and PPE all provided by company.
Cons
Over a year and company doesn't want to negotiate with our union for a new agreement. Literally is almost to congress decision. They refuse to hire help. Overtime is nice here and there but they expect you to not have a life.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Very Good pay and benefits
Cons
Loose a lot of your life at home
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BNSF Railway Reviews FAQs
BNSF Railway has an overall rating of 2.4 out of 5, based on over 1,850 reviews left anonymously by employees. 24% of employees would recommend working at BNSF Railway to a friend and 28% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -21% over the last 12 months.
24% of BNSF Railway employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated BNSF Railway 1.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.1 for culture and values and 2.4 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at BNSF Railway to be coworkers, career development, benefits and the cons to be culture, work life balance, management.
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