Pros
•Right now if you're a woman, minority, or any "victim" group, you will be a shoe in for any position you apply and interview for. • The pay and benefits for almost any position are more than feasible. • The skills you need will all be taught. • It can be as mundane as working as a cashier or as challenging as you want.
Cons
•Race and gender are valued over competency. • agreement employees have zero power and all but 1 of the unions (Teamsters)there are weak and care nothing for your job security. • Safety is spoken about but not actually a real priority. Meaning that if they can get rid of positions that are very important for the safety of the public without real pushback or accountability than that is exactly what they will do. • investors and stockholders are king, which means they will cut as many employees ( Usually right before Christmas) as it takes to make sure the "important people" make money. • Loyalty and dedication means nothing to them, again unless you're in a victim group, they don't care if you've been an exemplary employee for 20 years, if cutting your job can put money in the investors pockets than you'll be gone tomorrow. Long-term consequences be damned. • Competency is less valued than what you look like or who you know. • you don't have a voice unless you have a good lawyer along with a Congress that's not taking bribes to look they other way. • The federal agencies that are literally here the hold the railroad accountable either just don't care or take zero pride in their duties. • job security is non-existent, again unless you check off a DEI box. • Honestly there are so many more cons but than this list might never end.