Going downhill quickly - Anonymous employee CSX Employee Review

3.0
Jul 31, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

No Pros to working here at the moment.

Cons

CEO operates like a dictator. Everyone is fearful to voice their opinions and leadership is constantly looking for internal groups to blame for every issue. Work/life balance does not exist as 12 hour days and working through you vacation time have become expected. Most groups are down to 50-60% of their staff, or worse, compared to 2016.

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