There is no work/life balance, and as a front line supervisor you are in a position of enforcing policies that you may not agree with. As a manager you are expected to work 12 hour shifts, but there is no rotation to get weekends off. No flexibility to take off if your kids have an event you want to attend for a couple hours, or even medical appointments. The new work/rest rules are making things easier for running trades but it's like the seniors have forgotten about an entire group of employees - only got 3 hours sleep? Can't book off tired, you're coming to work and still expected to do everything, possibly even finishing yarding a train because a running trade crew was too tired to finish their run. The people you directly supervise (yardmasters) make more money and work less hours - HR says with the bonus you make more but I have worked too many years there to know that the bonus isn't guaranteed and shouldn't be used to make up what a person should be paid. It used to be a decent place but it's gone downhill fast and I don't have a great feeling about the future. They have such a monopoly though that they won't go anywhere.
