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Norfolk Southern

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Too many layers of managment - Developer (Systems Administrator) Norfolk Southern Employee Review

2.0
Jun 10, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

You will work with great people. Very strong company. Better than average benefits. Potential for advancement.

Cons

Managment has a very old school mentality. There are too many layers of managment, and it is only increasing. Lack of training when new products are brought in. Lack of vision of managment. Managment does not fully understand their environment or what is going on in it. Everyone you work with is taking interviews elsewhere, so turnover is starting to be an issue.

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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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