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 267 reviews)); "Good benefits for family and retirement" ((in 253 reviews)); "Good relocation package and retirement can't be beat." ((in 61 reviews)); "Great people and always something new to learn." ((in 61 reviews)); "The yard is good money if you can hold a job but they do monitor your hours in the yard." ((in 48 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 44 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)); "Too many layoffs creating job uncertain" ((in 25 reviews))

What are employees saying about CSX layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CSX layoffs and their outlook for job security at CSX in 2026.

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

CSX reviews

3.2

52% would recommend to a friend

(1,472 total reviews)

Joseph R. Hinrichs

67% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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CSX has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,472 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CSX 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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2.0

Aug 21, 2018

CSX Transportation side

Freight conductor

Recommend

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Pros

Pay can be good some time, health benefits. But all that is slowly getting worse due to the company changing our contract and the union just standing by doing nothing.

Cons

Work life balance, hardly any time at home to be father or husband. Management can't be trusted, all they care about is stock price going up by any means necessary. Work environment is always negative, and no sort of real ethics in this company. Pay union dues only for company to disregard contract and union does nothing.

1.0

Aug 19, 2018

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are no good reasons to work at csx unless you like punishing your self

Cons

Everthing about working at csx.long hours.working on call working all night working holidays they got it all.the worst of the worst.i figured the time i spent away from home i was making 12$ an hour

1.0

Aug 15, 2018

CSX

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is the best part

Cons

Never home and workon call

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