BNSF Railway Employee Job Reviews in the United States

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"Great people and good pay with benefits. Ejoyed the work."

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"Minimal advancement opportunities."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep hiring good people."

"The only downfall, I see, for BNSF is that they need more work on balancing work/family life in a crisis."

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"I enjoyed working with the entire campus and getting involved with every aspect of the company through various group meetings you could attend. I also enjoyed the different software available and their intranet resources."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be honest and have plenty of questions ready."

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"As I mentioned before, the only thing they really needed to be fair about was balancing their work/family life environment for unexpected family situations."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"None really. They worked hard at keeping an open mind."

"good company if you are not a contract employee"

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"Challenging environment, stable industry"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself and be very prepared for your interview. They really go in depth."

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"if you are contracted employee there isn't much room for advancement"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"make it easier for contracted employees to apply for exempt positions"

"Loved working there!"

"Had an excellent team of profeswsionals to work with"

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"Very different culture that was ver interesting"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Joining a century old culture that is attempting to change but does not always hold the course."

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"My first real experience with a giant corporate merger between BN and the Sante Fe RRs"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Labor (unions)-management relations need steady hand, not constantly changing"

"Worked them for nearly 8 years but now looking for something more."

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"Coworkers, sense of pride when solving a problem and fixing it,"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Speak safety, breathe safety and they'll love you. Dress clean, be polite. Decent retirement but keep an eye out for better."

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"Dealing with the deeply entrenched Nepotism and Good old boy's club, the hypocrisy and double standard in it's safely program(s), it's constant reduction in benefits while gloating in our faces the massive profits it's made. It's lack of any form of sick leave without resorting to FMLA to prevent from being fired for absenteeism. It's use of Safety as just a Metric, making us all feel like a number."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work out the sick leave and force your local supervisors to accept doctor's notes, not just when he feels like it. Fix your absenteeism policy and make it more transparent vs. the hidden number. The safety of BNSF has always outwardly been really high and I believe the middle management actually believe in it, the lower management just seem to view it as an obstacle to production and ignored until they want to fire someone, this need to be addressed."

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"SystematicOrganizedVariesCleanTeamHands-onSafeAccomplishmentActiveTraining"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you like a non-challenging job with loads of micromanaging, this is the job for you."

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"Does not care, develop, communicate, empower, allow me to be responsible, take ownership in my work, or advance in the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"EmpowerImproveHelpPlanOrganizeInvestDevelopAssessSolveThink"

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"It is an organized, safe, clean, and busy work place."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you like a nonchallenging job with little rewards, this is the job for you."

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"I do not have job empowerment or satisfaction. They micromanage and do not allow other's perspectives. Employees are not developed for future progression."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would organize processes better, help/develop/invest in employees more, coordinate and involve everyone in decision making, give employee empowerment/ownership, and reward for a job well done."

"Great Job just too far away"

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"People I really liked the people there They were swell"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"JUst be your self and question everything make sure you know the job and its future if any"

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"75 miles away it was too far of a drive one way"

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"nothing, the company is very behind the times, they are not interested in formalized sdlc"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"don't, I really feel until there is a major change in the corp culture it would not be very fulfilling."

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"nothing, ther is really not much the company offers if you are interested in furthering your career. the longer you work there the more your skills deteriorate."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"open your eyes and get rid of the good ol boy network"

"Ongoing journey with technology changing as I progressed in my Career with BNSF"

What do you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"Challenges on a daily basics . Working with people in achieving goals."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Put in your best going forward! Not looking back but moving forward!"

What don't you like about working at BNSF Railway?

"Company was great but we have to deal with things out of our control"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Having been in management I can only put in my suggestion for what the vision they have and how to best achieve the goals of our stock holders and the people we work with."