Locomotive Engineer - Locomotive Engineer CPKC Employee Review

1.0
27 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pay and benefits is okay. They are trying to change that and cut salary. Great Union working for the members which is much needed in this workplace. Used to be a great place to work but has changed for the worse

Cons

Since the American management took over the workplace has become unbearable. Lower management hates and fear the Executive levels.conditions, cruel american style management that manage without regard to anything but the rich shareholder. The place is run by an American millionaire CEO who wants to bust the Union and is doing everything he can to try it. In my opinion the executives under his leadership is running the morale into the ground and making the working conditions to the point of no one stays there once they figure out they have no life actually are firing people who are trying to take some family time off and who make minor errors in the workplace. There are numerous cases that have been ruled as unjust dismissals by arbitrators. Many managers and employees have quit due to the unreal expectations placed on them and their refusal to take part in this exercise of demoralizing the work place

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5.0
21 Apr 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation, Opportunities for Growth, interesting projects

Cons

Depending on role, relocation may occur frequently but that goes with the type of business and business needs.

2.0
29 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities to provide value

Cons

Poor leadership at the C-level. CIO has no control over the direction of the IT landscape beyond what is dictated to her by the CEO and other business owners. The IT environment is almost solely controlled by the demands of the business at the cost of being able to manage and adapt to needs. 20 years behind the market in the adoption of cloud technology. Existing cloud strategy was built by engineers pressed into the role of architects and learning as they progressed along. No automation or DevOps presence whatsoever outside what the platform teams use to simplify their own workloads. Remote work is considered a 4-letter word and is extremely frowned upon as anything other than an as-needed and pre-approved option. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery are still done using backups and shadow copies of key infrastructure, and those key systems are decided upon at the time the tests are planned instead of testing the company's infrastructure in its entirety. Data centers are geographically separated, but are significantly disparate in what is physically hosted and accessible. Recognition and rewards are overtly encouraged, but are covertly handed out based on the level of visibility and impact to the business and stakeholders. Senior leadership constantly touts open-door policy and approachability, but give off vibes and impressions opposite of the overt policy. The company puts on a show of being diverse and inclusive. Case in point, the hiring of a female CIO. The problem is that working within an 'old boys network' leadership, it doesn't matter how inclusive and diverse the company appears because those elements are never given the opportunity to show their value.

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