If you're single or no kids its good - Conductor Amtrak Employee Review

2.0
Nov 23, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You usually have the coolest sounding job in the room. You get to meet a lot of people, sometimes even cool ones.

Cons

Your job owns you. You get vacation....but can only take it as they say you can, and if there is someone with more seniority, no dice on that day off. They tell you that you will miss birthdays, holidays and you will kill someone. It is all true. When you start, you are on the extra board, meaning on call 24/6. You're paid a 40 hour grantee, of course paid more if you work more. No sick time (we will see what the new contract brings). You will be dealing with constantly poorly maintained equipment, and sometimes utterly incompetent co-workers.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
May 14, 2026
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Pros

Great friends and Travel with plenty to see

Cons

The culture is horrible it’s a very demeaning please. They will fire you for anything. Harassment amongst employees and by management to their employees Is extremely high. I have a MBA degree and I still can not move above the customer service level. I’m a union member and you have to pay union dues to work a non management position. The union Reps work for Amtrak to so there is a conflict of interest. The union is TCU in which they defend the company 100x harder than they do their members. TCU is not organized very well. The pay is fairly well but after union dues in medical and taxes are withdrawn your net income makes it look like you are making at least 15 to 17 an hr. As far as Work culture at Amtrak it is fueled by many rumors and those rumors are more affluent then your resume .

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