Does CSX pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CSX employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CSX. This rating has decreased by 6% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CSX?

52% of CSX employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CSX 2.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CSX?

Freight Conductor (169) , Railroad Conductor (93) , Locomotive Engineer (62) , Conductor (49) , Manager (44) , Engineer (28) , Senior Software Engineer (20) , Trainmaster (20) , Carman (17) , Software Engineer (16) , Project Manager (15) , Signal Maintainer (15) , Software Developer (14) , Director (12) , Journeyman Carman (12)

What are the pros of working at CSX according to real employee reviews?

"not terrible; pretty good pay" ((in 269 reviews)); "Good Benefits and rail Road Retirement" ((in 267 reviews)); "And peers are good people" ((in 63 reviews)); "Retirement once you complete 30 years is pretty good" ((in 61 reviews)); "money is good health is ok for now" ((in 47 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CSX according to real employee reviews?

"poor management..being on call your whole career." ((in 103 reviews)); "No work life balance at all" ((in 65 reviews)); "long hours and away from home" ((in 42 reviews)); "Rules are subject to interpritation and what is acceptable to one manager may not be to the next so your never comfortable with what your doing and spend more time worried about wether or not a manager is watching you with night vision than about doing your job and staying alive." ((in 27 reviews)); "New CEO has changed the company drastically" ((in 22 reviews))

What are employees saying about CSX layoffs in 2026?

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What are the top reviewed CSX locations?

Jacksonville , Atlanta , Selkirk , Nashville , Baltimore , Richmond , Louisville , Cincinnati , Columbus , Tampa , Chicago , Cleveland , Montgomery , Avon , Buffalo , Birmingham , Cumberland , Indianapolis , Waycross , Toledo , New York , Philadelphia , Albany , Savannah , Mobile , Hamlet , Huntington , Pittsburgh , Syracuse , Grand Rapids

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3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(580 total reviews)

Joseph R. Hinrichs

67% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Career opportunities

2.7

Culture & values

2.6

Senior management

2.4

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4.0

Mar 6, 2017

Craft Employee

Signal maintainer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good pay and benefits. Safety is first at CSX, I have been empowered to make decisions about safety and how to preform my job. I have worked at CSX for 11 years and probably will retire from here. Overall its a good place to work.

Cons

No path for advancement for craft or hourly employees. The company seems to want t o hire outside the company for management. They hire them at a low wage and they have no railroad experience. Because of that, we have a lot of turnover in field managers. The company is going through a lot of restructuring right now, lots of lay offs and management cut backs despite record profits. They just announced 1000 management lay offs and I expect to see more lays offs soon.

3.0

Feb 26, 2017

Company is going into the tank!

Plant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great craft people, good pay.

Cons

Pressure from upper management that have no clue what it takes to get the work done. They pressure lower managers to get numbers that are not realistic and some fudge the numbers to meet these expectations.

1.0

Feb 25, 2017

different names, same company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

no expectation of high performance no education required, just coast until retirement, decent pay, some modest union protection, usually friendly co-workers, good job for RR fans, ideal employee was CPA, spent 2 years as conductor / railfan, then got real job with IRS, also retired marine, had military pension, fire proof, been to Afganistan, when higher management (no college, no military, nepotism, worthless) tried to bully him it failed. Military friendly company .

Cons

average pay considering hours, nepotism, tuition reimbursement effectively denied to field employees harsh attendance policy, declining health benefits and worthless dental, suggestions / improvements met with hostility, frequent layoffs and punishments, weird hours and schedules mean obesity, alcoholism, divorce are standard features, . lower management treated like dogs, and pass that on to troops. JAX culture and jobs totally different world, no field opportunities to help community, ,

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