Dec 4, 2018
Company makes money but doesn't pass it along to employees
Anonymous employee
Wabtec reviews
3.7
70% would recommend to a friend
Rafael Santana
81% approve of CEO
69% positive business outlook
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1.0
Aug 27, 2018
Recommend
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Pros
Many of the engineers and technicians are extremely good, and have a lot of experience. The company is technically sound and makes good products. You can learn a lot if you are tenacious enough, even though you will receive no help, guidance, or encouragement.
Cons
The signaling side of the company inflated while there was a drive to install PTC, and now they are constantly under threat of layoffs because the market is turning against them. Morale is really low. Pay and benefits aren't commensurate with the rest of the industry. I left this company and took over a 40% pay increase for a position with far less responsibilities and less stress. I think pay is probably better for people they snatch coming out of the railroad, but if you're coming out of college, you'll only get a couple years out of this place. This one is more subjective, but… Xorail is owned by Wabtec and as a group, Wabtec employees, especially the non-technical ones, are genuinely the most nasty people I've encountered in my career. In my tenure there, I worked with over a dozen different customers ranging from Class 1 railroads, shortlines, and transit -- but the most aggressive, rude, and outright hostile people I ever worked with were... fellow Wabtec employees. Whenever you work with someone from another Wabtec office, you are treated as an enemy. You learn to write emails like a lawyer and walk on eggshells just to get work done. Management, far from being above this, are the progenitors of all this toxicity. Customer service is pretty embarrassing. I sat through several meetings that basically consisted of figuring out legal and creative new ways to screw customers. I also worked alongside several client railroads, so I saw Wabtec’s behavior from both sides, and… let’s just say, I was ashamed to work here by the time I left. Customers frankly hate Wabtec but they endure the treatment they get from them because Wabtec has a monopoly on a few key technologies. Not something to be proud of.
1.0
Jul 23, 2018
Employees sue Faiveley (now owned by Wabtec) in Class Action Lawsuit
Current employee, less than 1 year
Westminster, MD
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros
Employees of rail equipment suppliers Faiveley Transport S.A. (and Knorr-Bremse, and Wabtec, which now owns Faiveley) have filed suit in Maryland and Pennsylvania federal court over an alleged long-running agreement between the rivals not to poach each other’s workers, after the U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement with the companies in May 2018. A proposed class of current and former Faiveley employees (and Wabtec and Knorr-Bremse), filed their complaint in April and May 2018 over no-poach agreements that were in place from 2009 until 2016.
Cons
If you are a current or former employee of former Faiveley employees (and Wabtec and Knorr-Bremse), then you may join the class in the class action lawsuit. Current and former employees may be able to recover lost wages and benefits brought upon by Faiveley, Wabtec and Knorr-Bremse conspiracy to "no poach" each other's employees, thereby limiting wages and depressing future employment prospects.
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