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Norfolk Southern

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Good company with a lot of good folks working there. - Anonymous employee Norfolk Southern Employee Review

4.0
Sep 28, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is a very strong and serious safety culture at NS, we take pride in ourselves and coworkers going home in the same condition we showed up for. Plenty of career advancement opportunities for guys and gals who want it, just be careful what you wish for, you might get it!

Cons

Lots of opportunity, good and competent upper management, lower management on the other had is pretty much dog eat dog and they're goal is to look good on the am conference calls rather than run a good operation. They'll work the lower and middle management into their graves.

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Pros

Good training provided at training center

Cons

It was 3 weeks feel like needed to be longer

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
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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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