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Norfolk Southern

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Company treats its transportation employees terribly - Railroad Freight Conductor Norfolk Southern Employee Review

1.0
Jan 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay and good retirement

Cons

Terrible hours, on call 24/7, inexperienced trainmasters getting good workers in trouble for nothing, NS treats their employees worse than any company I've seen. To make matter worse, you're forced to pay into a Union that WILL NOT be there when you need them, they just want your money.

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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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