Norfolk Southern Reviews

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.

Cons

alot of travel is involved in this line of work

Cons

Being gone form your family so much. Not being able to schedule anything with your family or friends. No outside life

Cons

Salary, Older Technology, Waterfall, Resistance to change

Cons

Hire you to fire you!

Cons

long hours, uncertain schedule, adversarial management

Cons

Managed very poorly, never ending revolving door of clueless managers, low moral, hourly employees are treated very poorly by management, terrible schedule, seniority pays, work ethic does not, no one is motivated to do their best job. Locomotives do not get fixed correctly before management releases them back into service, no parts in stock to fix locomotives, managements hides out and sneaks around to try to find employees breaking their “ Cardinal Rules”, disciplining employees is the quick way for a manager to be promoted so that’s what they aim for.

Cons

Old technologies that are no longer relevant in the market
Below market salary for new grads

When it is time for you to change jobs you will be at a disadvantage due to the lack of experience with in demand technologies. The salary is also way below market salary

IT department's culture is incredibly boring.

Cons

1. Horrible work schedule for a few years (senority based) so basically you're working the worst of the worst until you get established more.
2. Employees can be very whiney and negative which effects everyone.
3. Management is the worst i've ever worked for. Mostly college kids who have no idea whats going on or even how to move a train, but they are quick to make assumptions and no matter what happens or how it actually happened, someone will always be to blame in their eyes. These "managers" will put a target on you if you argue a rule that they were wrong about and to extreme cases they will try to fire you (The management and way they run the company is my biggest con)
4. Wondering where all my money has gone as i'm making almost 6 figures and it hasn't even touched my bank account. The gross to net difference is unreal is what i'm getting at.
5. Weather... Sun and them beautiful days are great to be outside at your job. Rain, snow, cold... you will also be out there too, unless it is physically endangering you, you will be out there in it so be prepared.

Cons

Disconnects between management and their employees

Stuck in the blaming (if there's a problem, first course of action is to blame and yell at somebody rather than work to fix the issue) mentality

Pay is not increasing enough to cover increases in inflation and cost of living in major cities (Atlanta, Chicago, etc)

Employees are often not recognized for their good work.