Great pay But...... - Freight Conductor CSX Employee Review

3.0
21 Dec 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The pay, beneifits, and retirement are great, no college education required, free health and wellness programs, great comradarie among co-workers.

Cons

No family life, on call 24/7 365 days a year, being laid off for extended periods. Managers are now hired out of college, instead of coming up through the ranks. They have no knowledge of the operations, equipment, or personal they are required to supervise. Constant fear of losing your job over small rules infractions. Pay raises are not keeping up with inflation. After 6 months of training, you have all the responsibilities of a 5+ years conductor at 80% of the pay.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Great pay and benefits PTO

Cons

Long hours and terrible work environment Training is inadequate On call 24/7 with only 2hr notice No holiday pay for road jobs Newer guys/ low seniority never know where they are going to work week to week No overtime potentially if on long mileage run and will still work 12 hours Very stressful job with a lot of responsibility Lots of time away from home and never have a consistent sleep schedule

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