Genesee & Wyoming reviews

3.4

56% would recommend to a friend

(219 total reviews)
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Michael Miller

100% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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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219 reviews
1.0
Mar 31, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I was fortunate to work at a good Railroad that was built strong before gwrr took over. I recieved some great training and helped me to advance my career beyond gwrr. It seemed upper management had a great view and work ethic but on the flip side it didn't reach the local level in most cases. They have some great employees to be able to put up with that much BS day in and day out.

Cons

Pay is sub-par, I'm making almost double with less responsibility now. Upper corporate views seems to get filtered and changed by regional corporate management and in my experience (Pacific Region) for the worst by the time it reaches local. I herd a lot of talk about walking the talk but never actually saw it. Bad moral due lots of talk and not backing it up. They don't seem to invest much money into the infrastructure. GWRR wants to be like a class 1 railroad but only has a shortline budget, which can send some mixed signals.

1.0
Apr 18, 2019

Overly aggressive workplace

Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are great, lower management is good.

Cons

Pay is abysmal unless you work 70+ hours per week, does not value their employees well, don't count on HR for any real help. Safety is just a word in a book with coworkers unless someone screws something up. You are pressured to break rules "as long as no one sees it" to get work done. Coworkers that have been there for years are incredibly complacent. Coworkers are only concerned with "getting things done" rather than being safe.

1.0
Mar 4, 2019

Worse place in the world

Recommend
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Pros

Pay and benefits are great

Cons

Working with corrupted people who care nothing about you or their customers

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