Norfolk Southern Reviews

Pros

Excellent job great pay team work

Cons

Nothing really everything was great

Pros

The work was ok and the co workers were great mostly. Pay was somewhat ok at times, railroad pension is good if you make it that far. Health insurance is very good for the union workers.

Cons

Where do I even start? On call every day all day of your life. No rotating coverages or anything. You are expected to be at their call all the time. Minimal time off for vacations or personal days. No scheduled regular days off. No sick time. Pay was good until the union dues and benefits came out. The company did not pay for many benefits at all. Barely a 401k match. Constantly hassled for not doing things fast enough despite rules on safety procedures and FRA regulations. Then your written up and disciplined for violating the rules. And very dumb minuscule rules at that. Just so management can try and work their way up the ladder (think police officers). That was their job, to find any fault and burn you for it. Very bad relationship between employees and supervisors. Always a fight. Just dont do it. You will be sleep deprived like you would never think imaginable. And thats costs you your health. Your health and well being are far more important than this companies profits, which is all they absolutely care about. Very understaffed to do the jobs they need done. Running at bare minimum. I left to pursue a better, happier, healthier life. I do not regret it at all. Most other companies pay for far more as far as benefits than this place.

Pros

Good pay Good benefits Upward mobility

Cons

Transportation tends to be at odds with management. Sometimes they have good reason; many times they don't. It is what you make it.

Pros

-Benefits -Good Pay (Takes about 4 to 5 years to hit 100% step rate) -Pension (If you can stick it out the full 30 years)

Cons

-Schedule (You work on call unless you can hold a regular yard job which takes years of seniority to hold) -Management (Trainmasters will hide in bushes just to catch you breaking rules so they can fire you and move up the chain of command)

Pros

The paychecks clear and they let you go home after 12-16 hrs days.

Cons

The company has taken away every ounce of perks/benefits an employee was given. The tuition assistance program has been terminated, no 401k matching, robbed the health insurance of all the perks, no work life balance. If you want to feel like an indentured servant then this comapny is for you.Most employees are working 12-16 hrs days at forced overtime. They laid off 35% of the workforce during the pandemic and now are begging people to come back work. The company has betrayed all of it's employees trust and loyalty. People are resigning daily and finding better options. This company is not a viable option until they stop cow towing to shareholder supremacy and treat their employee like human beings. If I could give this company a 0 for everything I would.