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      BNSF Railway

      Part of Berkshire Hathaway

      Engaged Employer

      BNSF Railway reviews

      3.1

      44% would recommend to a friend

      (2,426 total reviews)
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      Kathryn Farmer

      42% approve of CEO

      46% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.7

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.6

      Senior management

      2.5

      Work/Life balance

      BNSF Railway has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 2,426 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BNSF Railway employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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      2K reviews
      4.0
      Feb 20, 2011

      A good place to work, with decent pay & benifits.

      Anonymous employee
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      Pros

      I enjoy working outside, & working in various locations. It keeps you more motivated & focused, than sitting in one place, in an office.You get a feeling of accomplishment, knowing you're helping move comodites & products to were they need to go.

      Cons

      Working outside in the elements can be challeging sometimes. Like they say, it's the hottest place in the summer, & coldest place in the winter.

      1.0
      Feb 19, 2011

      Disconnected, and out of touch

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      If you enjoy small work teams (i.e. Conductor and Engineer or both and Brakeman) that can agree on issuses and make decisions without violating rules or laws, and be safe about it, then this may be a great opportunity. For the most part, your individual skills, knowledge and level of competence could allow you to tolerate the duties that are planned. You have to opportunity to be on stage within any given community as a professional train crew weather switching in yard settings or transporting freight over the BNSF system. It's nice to know that the trust of the general public and those that are closely related to the industry are observing the unique talents and abilities to handle sometimes very dangerous and important freight.

      Cons

      With such a major demand on transporting by rail, an individual is made available at all times, with respect to the union agreements; when legally rested and available. Therefore, at times to have a fairly normal life style could be tricky. A typical work schedule may include but not limited to being away from home for 24 hours or more working on the road trips or 12 hours maximum working in the yards. You are required to get 10 hours of rest and made available to work when your rest time has expired; again with respect to the local union agreements. An individual with a very active life style could have trouble meeting this schedule, as extra-board workers are on call. If you are fortunate enough to get an assigned duty with set hours, concider yourself lucky, although the demand could disregard the 8 hours alloted to do your job therefore overtime sometimes is manditory and not optioned. If your not an outside all weather person, this is not the employment opportunity to concider. Granted there are office jobs, the high stress and demand and long hours could pose health issuses.

      4.0
      Feb 19, 2011

      Pays the bills

      Track supervisor
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      Pros

      Decent money as long as you are willing to put in the hours. I dont think the way they promote or give the pre-merger guys special seniorty is fair nor is it correct.

      Cons

      Prior rights is the worst thing any union job that i have worked for. It doesnt maake sense that some one thats been working a job for 7 years can can get knocked out by a guy with 2 weeks.

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