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James A. Squires
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Pros
"pay and benefits are pretty decent" (in 56 reviews)
"And really good pay for the work" (in 92 reviews)
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"I got the impression that work-life balance would be hard to maintain as the job can be quite demanding" (in 63 reviews)
"No work-life balance, you will be on call 24/7, outdated culture" (in 40 reviews)
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"Great place to work"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Norfolk Southern full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Midtown location in ATL is exciting but probably more for younger people coming out of college like myself. Pay and benefits are great. 401k contribution and pension.
Working in the IT dept here is great with flex start time. WFH available. There are opportunities to move around departments. Work life balance is great, no overtime or weekend craziness, unless needed but happens rarely. Newly renovated office space is nice to be in for 8 hrs everyday.
Technology is improving. Most teams are java or .net on the backend. Frontend is one of the Javascript frameworks.
I enjoy coming to work everyday and my team is super!Cons
Not much cons. I enjoy everyday here but if I have to think of a con, here goes...
Management is obviously old school in their ways and thinking and a little resistant to new ideas, but that's true of humans anywhere who have done the same thing for a long time.
The place is very bureaucratic with decision making and such.
Different teams have different experiences, for example, another developer from another team quit after 4 months because he couldn't stand the place and said his team members were not supportive, meanwhile my team could not have been any more suppportive, so..i guess it is what you make of it.Advice to Management
Not much complaint here but seems like the guys in the field may feel otherwise.
Norfolk Southern 2018-12-25 17:03 PST ![Norfolk Southern Logo]()
"Good place to work!!!!"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Norfolk Southern full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Competitive salary and benefits
One of view big corporations to still over a pensionCons
Normal corporate downsides...nothing specific just to NS
Advice to Management
Keep modernizing
Stop eroding benefits!!!!!!Norfolk Southern 2019-02-12 09:18 PST![Norfolk Southern Logo]()
"Quality Of Life"
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Doesn't RecommendI have been working at Norfolk Southern full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Good benefits,good salary. If you make it to retirement good retirement
Cons
Long hours, they claim they were moving towards giving employees more time with their families, in my case that never happened. Work 12 hours a day at least 5 days a week, providing that nothing goes wrong, if something goes wrong your off days will be suspended until whatever problems or goals are cleared up no matter what you had planned.
Advice to Management
You cannot work an employee over 60 hours a week and expect their best performance. You can’t hold a bonus over an employees head the entire year to motivate them until it’s bonus time and leave all the employees disappointed.
Norfolk Southern 2019-03-13 05:55 PDT![Norfolk Southern Logo]()
"Good pay and benefits crappy management"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Norfolk Southern full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Pay
Retirement
Benefits
Weather
Outdoors
Money
Wealthier
Trains
Engines
Management
Being on call
Life/work balance
Dangerous Job
WeatherCons
Management
Being on call
Life/work balance
Dangerous Job
WeatherAdvice to Management
Let us railroad
Norfolk Southern 2019-02-26 10:57 PST![Norfolk Southern Logo]()
"Its not a bad place to work.."
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Norfolk Southern full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
People you work with, pay, benefits.
Cons
Life style for sure
Management to employee relationsAdvice to Management
ease up..
Norfolk Southern 2019-02-18 21:42 PST![Norfolk Southern Logo]()
"Engineer"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookI worked at Norfolk Southern full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Benefits. Decent compensation and killer retirement if you can tolerate 30 years to get it
Cons
Treat you horrible. Throw all morals out the window
Advice to Management
Find a new job. Treat people with respect
Norfolk Southern 2019-03-04 17:30 PST![Norfolk Southern Logo]()
"Summer Intern"
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I have been working at Norfolk Southern full-time
Pros
Easy work to do for new employees
Cons
Hard to learn new things
Norfolk Southern 2019-02-13 17:12 PST![Norfolk Southern Logo]()
"Business Analyst"
StarStarStarStarStarPros
A good place to work. Excellent retirement benefits and good opportunities for career progression.
Cons
Can be slow to make changes or progress.
Advice to Management
Continue to adopt new policies like work from home and flexible work options.
Norfolk Southern 2019-02-10 10:28 PST![Norfolk Southern Logo]()
"Great Company"
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I have been working at Norfolk Southern full-time
Pros
Good benefits and wages, union, healthcare, training
Cons
Work-life balance, no dental coverage after 1 year, management could do better
Norfolk Southern 2019-02-10 12:56 PST![Norfolk Southern Logo]()
"Good Pay, Family and Lifestyle suffers"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Norfolk Southern full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Pay and Benifits are good
Cons
Other railroads pay more for the position
Management finds ways to make things your fault, regardless of who may be responsible
The work schedule is unpredictable until you have a set schedule
No parking at the office, either have to use public transportation or pay in parking garagesAdvice to Management
Take personal responsibility
Norfolk Southern 2019-02-06 13:41 PST
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Norfolk Southern Response
Jan 4, 2019 – Asst Mgr Candidate Experience
Thank you for sharing your experience and bringing a positive attitude to your workspace.