BNSF Railway Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"Horrible company, to work for, to do business with, just to exist. Expect to work on call 24/7/365 for the first 10 years of your career if not longer. Your allowed limited time off due to the super strict attendance policy. There the only job I’ve ever heard of you is trying to fire you the day after they hire you. The job always hasn’t been so bad, but every year they find a way to crush your soul. Go be a plumber, electrician, heavy equipment operator, you’ll be a lot happier and a lot richer. There is a reason there offering a $5000 hiring bonus. Because no one wants to work for such a horrible company. The only people who are still there are the ones who’ve worked there to long and don’t have the job skills to “go any place else at my age”. Be smarter, don’t get hired in the first place. All the nice reviews are from corporate people"

"Great company! They invest in people development, much career mobility, stable industry, great people. The tuition program is very generous and advanced education is encouraged."

"BNSF railway is a company that searches out engineering graduates, not for engineering, but for low level management and supervisor roles. While this presents an opportunity for young engineers to gain skills they did not get in their education, it comes at the price of absolutely no work life balance and a toxic relationship between field employees and company leadership and managers. The one year retention rate of new hires at BNSF is abysmal. Retired military often hire out with BNSF and even their retention rates are terrible. It worked for me but it's not for most. To add insult to injury, many current employees hired on with the promise of a pension which BNSF revoked in 2019."

"BNSF is a Transportation company serving the western half of the United States. They deliver bulk freight to companies that keep our country alive and running."

"I’ve worked for BNSF Railway for 5-1/2 years and have enjoyed every minute of it!"

"A good place to start your career."

"I have spent the last two years working for BNSF Railway traveling all over the country installing signal systems. I love the safe work environment and all the thought that goes into our projects. This company employees 40 thousand people and it is a great place to work!"

"Horrible place to work for. the people are harassing and always trying to stab you in the back and make you do their work you are not trained to do force you to work 16 hour days everyday no days off tell you when you can use your vacation and run down."

"Been working with bnsf for 8 years now. Never met an employer that wants to hire then try to fire you. It’s a shame this company doesn’t take better care of there employees."

"BNSF is a large company with many different departments and locations so everyone's experience will differ. One thing that seems pretty accross the board is the competing with PSR (Precision Schedule Railroading) has the entire operation running pretty lean and is causing pretty low morale."