Pros
Great People / Newer Engines /
Cons
Vacations are cancelled, underpaid on road, no days off by cabbing you away from home and resetting your HOS clock. Union is walked over. Employees with clean backgrounds that can get a train across to Canada end up on the worst subdivision with the smallest extra board. Employees who have background issues are not working nearly as hard and making the same money. No incentives for extra work performed. No holiday pay, that is only for people in yards and local jobs, not road. HR misrepresented job. Dark yards and not enough help- no brakemen on road trains and work would be sent to road trains so the company would not have to pay for a brakemen. Pre 85 employees make about 30% more than all other employees- even Engineers!