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Overall Negative Place To Work - Do Not Care About Employees - Assistant Engineer Norfolk Southern Employee Review

1.0
Apr 9, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Railroad Retirement, Pension, and 401k match make for a good retirement package. Vacation policy is fairly generous.

Cons

NS does not care about its individual employees. Their quality of life is of no concern to management. Employees are asked to work any and all hours, often times 60+, including being on call 24/7. Being asked to relocate across the country with extremely short notice is common. This can often leave employees with no job, no severance, and no options. The corporate policies are outdated. The organizational structure is very militaristic, and if you aren't "buddies" with somebody in the right place, you will be passed over with regards to bonuses, job offers, and promotions.

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Pros

Good training provided at training center

Cons

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Pros

Depending on the team you are in, it can be very flexible, and you’ll be working with nice people.

Cons

HR needs to step in more, they are supposed to set a precedent yet it seems like the higher ups in different departments actually set the expectations. Which can be toxic, and some managers clearly don’t know how to manage teams. HR seems to be a nice and fun department, but the rest of the company has lackluster reviews. Also, stop advertising a total rewards package to new hires when you need to work over fiver years to get some benefits and due to the merger they won’t actually get that package. Just raise your base salaries.

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