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CN Employee Reviews about "work life balance"
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Pros
"Great pay and benefits for the job performed" (in 59 reviews)
"Good Pay: company discounts for cellphone plans 35% off" (in 109 reviews)
Cons
"Overworked/underpaid no work life balance" (in 59 reviews)
"Difficult to manage hours especially at first, on call 24/7" (in 26 reviews)
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Reviews about "work life balance"
Return to all Reviews- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Well paying, terrible hours
5 May 2021 - Freight Train Conductor in Vancouver, BCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Pays well for the level of difficulty/ skill level. Paid workplace training. Powerful union. Enjoyable work if you like heavy machine operating. If there is a shortage of work or you're not satisfied in your position, there are always opportunities in other departments or personnel shortages in other terminals.
Cons
Must often be available at all hours, especially as a junior employee. Junior employees (less than 3+- years) can also be forced out of their home terminal to cover personnel shortages in other towns/cities. Work conditions often involve lack of access to a toilet. Expect to be awake for up to 30 hours at a time as you can be called on a train late at night and work into the next day's afternoon before reaching a rest facility. The best option for work/life balance are yard assignments, which are scheduled 8 hour shifts, but the salary pays about half that of "road" assignments (roughly 75K vs 120K). Yard jobs also involve more physical work and being out in the weather, rain, shine or snow.
Thank you for sharing your feedback and your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great compensation. When we recruit talent to our operations teams, we spend a lot of time going over the working conditions and the realities associated with the railroad operating 24/7/365 days a year, including how being on call can disrupt your family life and important events. With this 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without our dedicated employees. We thank you for helping move our business and the economy forward. We hope you share your experience during our regular Pulse surveys so we can develop strategies to do better.
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Management needs to be changed. There is no work-life balance, it's only work.
5 Oct 2021 - Senior Finance Manager in Montreal, QCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
None, you can't throw money at teams that are overworked and put in constant stress day to day
Cons
Everything you can think of under the current management. I'd put work life balance negative if i could, unfortunately 1 star is as low as it goes.
Continue readingCN Response
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for your hard work. When we recruit talent to our teams, we spend a lot of time going over the working conditions and the realities associated with the railroad operating 24/7/365 days a year, including how being on call can disrupt your family life and important events. With this 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without our dedicated employees. We are sorry to hear about your experience with us and we hope that you shared your thoughts with our colleague during your exit interview so we can develop strategies to do better in the future. We thank you for having helped move our business and the economy forward.
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Benefits, experience, colleagues, stocks that’s ot
Cons
Overworked/underpaid no work life balance.
CN Response
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great benefits. We strive hard to create a work environment where all employees have an opportunity to develop and grow their career. When we recruit talent to our teams, we spend a lot of time going over the working conditions. With this 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without our dedicated employees. We thank you for having helped move our business and the economy forward and hope you shared your thoughts with our colleague during your exit interview so we can develop strategies to do better in the future.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Good place to star your career
11 Sept 2021 - Industrial Electrian in Montreal, QCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
lots of benifits, good pay, good coworkers.
Cons
Poor work life balance. Working holidays and weekends. Unexpected schedule changes. Poor communication between levels of managment. And most importantly, risk of being crushed to death.
Continue readingCN Response
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great compensation and benefits. When we recruit talent to our teams, we spend a lot of time going over the working conditions and the realities associated with the railroad operating 24/7/365 days a year, including how being on call can disrupt your family life and important events. With this 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without our dedicated employees. Safety is a core value at CN. If you feel your work environment is unsafe, please alert your supervisor to this right away. We thank you for helping move our business and the economy forward.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
very great work life balance!
Cons
None none none none none
CN Response
Thank you for sharing your positive feedback and for these years of hard work. With a 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without our dedicated employees. We thank you for helping move our business and the economy forward.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Good Company
17 Aug 2021 - Process Operator in Fort McMurray, ABRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Excellent training and competitive wages/benefits
Cons
Travel, poorly organized, work/life balance
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
-Great pay -Dynamic - Can hold a variety of different jobs within one terminal
Cons
- Poor management - poor work life balance - Dangerous - Treated as a number and not a person - Unpredictable employment
CN Response
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great compensation. When we recruit talent to our operations teams, we spend a lot of time going over the working conditions and the realities associated with the railroad operating 24/7/365 days a year, including how being on call can disrupt your family life and important events. With this 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without our dedicated employees. Safety is a core value at CN and we make sure to provide our employees with the necessary tools and training to work safely. If you encounter an unsafe situation, please alert your immediate supervisors and let them know so that it can be rectified. We thank you for helping move our business and the economy forward.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
It pays the bills
25 Aug 2021 - Railroad Conductor in Kamloops, BCRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good pay, pension is okay
Cons
Work/life balance, no vertical mobility, no service rewards, union/company witch hunts
CN Response
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great compensation and benefits. When we recruit talent to our operations teams, we spend a lot of time going over the working conditions and the realities associated with the railroad operating 24/7/365 days a year, including how being on call can disrupt your family life and important events. With this 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without our dedicated employees. We thank you for helping move our business and the economy forward. We hope you share your thoughts during our regular Pulse surveys so we can develop strategies to do better.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Pay benefits working on trains
Cons
Work life balance poor management
Continue readingCN Response
Thank you for sharing your feedback and for your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great compensation and benefits. When we recruit talent to our operations teams, we spend a lot of time going over the working conditions and the realities associated with the railroad operating 24/7/365 days a year, including how being on call can disrupt your family life and important events. Please share your thoughts during our Pulse and Engagement surveys as well. With a 24/7/365 operation, CN could not function without our dedicated employees. We thank you for helping move our business and the economy forward.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
-- stable job -- good work-life balance -- good reputation -- nice perks (medical, insurance)
Cons
-- politics -- no clear directions from the management -- yearly increments are next to nothing -- too many cooks (we have more managers in our team compared to developers) -- management does not have any technical expertise.
CN Response
Thank you for sharing your feedback and your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great compensation and benefits. With a 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without our dedicated employees. We thank you for helping move our business and the economy forward. We hope you share your thoughts during our regular Pulse surveys so we can develop strategies to do better.
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