CSX Employee Reviews about "retirement"

Pros

benefits and railroad retirement pay is ok if you don't have a life and live at work

Cons

Hours Incompetent management rough work conditions hassle you for your allowed time off frequently laid off in slow times forced to move if you want to keep working

Pros

Good retirement and health bennifits

Cons

Poor planning on certain issues

Pros

Retirement Benefits are awesome and great

Cons

No cons great place to work

Pros

Retirement and health insurance are good

Cons

Work schedule and employee treatment

Pros

Retirement and low cost insurance.

Cons

On call 24/7 and long shifts.

Pros

Great benefits and retirement package

Cons

Hiring too many College grads and hiring experienced employees

Pros

Railroad retirement is the only good reason to work for csx if your a Union Employee

Cons

on call type work, no days off unless you can use a personal leave day or daily vacation day which the company can remove or deny at any time, stay in motels hours away from home 12 hours to 48 hours waiting on trains, you will miss important life events and the company will not let you off for them, no sic days off, no comp time off, etc. You can and will be fired for any rule violations until you can have a formal hearing, the company is 99 percent going to win. Union does a horrible job negotiating contracts. Company violates your union negotiated contract daily and union does nothing about it..

Pros

Benefits of retirement if able to make it that far in new regime's plan. There are still a lot of good people working for the company but they seem to be disappearing at alarming rates as those in charge don't care about covering anyone's job but their own

Cons

Management cares only about covering their own tails, even at the expense of lower tiered managers. There is no accountability among those managers as they continue to implement various changes that go against any and all collective bargaining agreements. There is no safety program as is evident by the constantly increasing injuries and accidents. They tell you to preach safety, just not on any call or meeting or anything else where employee engagements can be held. Safety is rules compliance yet they have removed or changed so many rules that were safety oriented. And lastly, again, upper management will never hold themselves accountable if they can throw any lower level manager under the train instead.

Pros

Deffinatley one of the top paying jobs without a college degree. The health insurance is great. Only state employees have better health benefits around where I live. Railroad retirement is probly the best retirement plan out there and the retirement age is age 60. Easy to move around to different locations. Company is closed shop union so where you can work is based on seniorty but this can also work against you if you're new. It can be easy to get overtime here. If you want to work constantly and make money this place might be for you. Better for someone who is in their 20's, single, and has no kids. This place has a 30 year retirement so get in before you are 30 so you can collect the maximum amount of retirement at age 60.

Cons

The attendance policy is overly strict. If you take any non paid time off including sick for more than 24 hours you get written up unless you have a doctor's note. The managment is always trying to write you up or threaten you so they can hold things over your head. As a new employee you will not be able to hold a job with a regular work schedule and you will have to work on call and be available 6 days a week including all holidays. They ship freight 24 hours a day 365 days a year. You will not have a regular sleep patern because of this and it will take years to hold a regular job. You only get 3 personal days as a new hire and 2 weeks vacation. One week must be taken in a block. It is very difficult to make plans around this type of lifestyle. You are subject to random drug and breathalyzer tests so there is no drinking when you are on call for work.

Pros

Good benefits for family and retirement

Cons

Long hours and days off can be hard to come by.