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Norfolk Southern

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College Graduates Stay Away! - General Foreman Norfolk Southern Employee Review

1.0
Jul 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

They try to sell you on the retirement benefits and that they have an aging work force. They are hiring management trainees like crazy because they can not keep young talent. They treat you poorly and expect you to suck it up. They expect you to up and move for every promotion.

Cons

Stay away from this company! Toxic work environment. NS is of the opinion they own you. NS doesn't care about your personal life. 60 plus hour work weeks are the norm. You do not get any holidays off. You do not get any comp. time off. When you start you will be on off shifts (Third/Second) with Tuesday/Wednesday rest days for years. The operating departments are always playing the blame game rather than actually trying to solve problems. Upper management only cares about rules checks instead of moving freight!

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Pros

Good training provided at training center

Cons

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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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