Does Genesee & Wyoming pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Genesee & Wyoming employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Genesee & Wyoming. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Genesee & Wyoming?

56% of Genesee & Wyoming employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Genesee & Wyoming 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Genesee & Wyoming?

Railroad Conductor (16) , Locomotive Engineer (10) , Conductor (8) , Switchman (7) , Track Laborer (6) , Trainmaster (6) , Anonymous (4) , Customer Service Specialist (4) , Accountant (3) , Customer Service Representative (3) , Engineer (3) , Freight Conductor (3) , Locomotive Engineer/Conductor (3) , Manager (3) , Switchmen (3)

What are the pros of working at Genesee & Wyoming according to real employee reviews?

"Great benefits and very little cost out of check." ((in 36 reviews)); "1. Pay is good" ((in 19 reviews)); "Great people to work with!" ((in 8 reviews)); "Excellent benefits and railroad retirement" ((in 8 reviews)); "Supportive Coworkers, good environment, solid balance" ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Genesee & Wyoming according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor , and short handed so you have to work hard like a dog everyday." ((in 20 reviews)); "No work life balance." ((in 8 reviews)); "Poor management and leadership." ((in 6 reviews)); "Upper management are idiots." ((in 5 reviews)); "corporate managers leave a lot to be desired" ((in 4 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Genesee & Wyoming locations?

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Genesee & Wyoming reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(219 total reviews)

Michael Miller

100% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Compensation and benefits

3.2

Culture & values

3.2

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Work/Life balance

3.0

Career opportunities

2.7

Senior management

Genesee & Wyoming has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 219 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Genesee & Wyoming employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

219 reviews

3.0

Aug 28, 2014

150 years of tradition uninterrupted by progress.

Trainman/switchman

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Management does what it says it is going to do. Training is above average. The company supplies you with the tools necessary for the job and has a generous co-pay for work required boots.

Cons

It is a short line that tries to act like a class 1. You have all of the negatives, long hours, antagonistic management, harsh working conditions ie: rain, snow, 100 degree plus days and freezing nights. All of that for less than half the pay of a class 1 railroad. They work you up to the Federal limit and then try to get more out of you. If you are working a job with weekends off, and you go on vacation, they will call you back the next Saturday to cover someone else's job and take away the weekend at the end of your vacation.

2.0

Aug 6, 2014

Union-Biased (Southern Region)

T&e crew

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Southern Region HR has some very attractive methods to lure applicants in. I was offered a cash sign-on bonus, put in a hotel room for weeks while I settled in and given a mileage and food allowance. I was even promised a 2-week vacation bank. Once I got settled in, my job switched to a location 26 miles further from my home and the mileage allowance stopped. A year later, I got 14 hours of vacation bank and a 1% raise to attempt to compensate for cost of living increase. What about cost of gas to drive to work increase???

Cons

Upper management is very upside down in their effort to promote safety. If you aren't previously Union you will not survive. The NS guys that worked the line before it went to G&W are notorious rule breakers, putting the safety of their crew and the other crews around them on the back burner so they might get their work done sooner. Management is fully aware of their activities but insists they've done nothing wrong. Yet a non-Union employee makes a mistake and they throw them under the bus and make an example out of them, citing a zero tolerance policy for critical rule violations... And if the Union guys are caught in the act, management will make up rules to keep them from getting fired. In addition, management promotes a hostile work environment between crews that turn over jobs to the next crew.

2.0

Jul 3, 2014

Needs managers but unwilling to hire

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great job environment Working out doors Good equipment

Cons

Relatively low pay No room for growth Hires from outside before internally

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