23 Conductor Reviews
Conductors give their job an average rating of 3.1 out of 5.0. The Conductors happiest with their jobs are employed by Union Pacific Railroad with an average rating of 4.7 while the Conductors least happy with their jobs work for Amtrak with an average rating of 2.0.
Submit a Review"This job will be obsolete. Safety is a joke! Please talk to someone who does this job. If you are single and just want to make money and work all the time away from home on every holiday this is the job for you. If you are married you will end up divorced. The money is not worth the sacrifice."
"No life, company will try to fire you every chance they get, dangerous. Work is different every day in some kind of way, The pay and benefits are well above average, especially when people spend $80k on a 5 year degree and only make $70k a year, and we can easily make $10k every two weeks in certain locations. It's a cool factor job, every little kid in the world... and some big kids, want to be you."
Conductor Career Rating Comparison
"I enjoy working on the railroad. It is always an adventure and I am a firm believer in providing an alternative mode of transport to driving and flying. It is hard work at times but I still very much enjoy what I do."
What do you like about working at Metropolitan Transit Authority?
"Unity was one of the reasons I enjoyed my job."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"I would advise potential employees to prepare for rotating shifts as a rookie."
What don't you like about working at Metropolitan Transit Authority?
"The dust in the subway sytsem was not desirable but I made it work."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"I would ask management to observe the platforms more frequently to assist in preventing serious incidents."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"Great place to work, nice money to make, great guys to work with, sweet job."
What do you like about working at CSX Transportation?
"There was a lot of money and they never stopped you from making it, plenty of overtime!"
What don't you like about working at CSX Transportation?
"There was nothing I didn't like about it, in fact it was the best job I ever had."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"This is cool stuff!"
What do you like about working at Canadian Pacific Railway?
"Camaraderie"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Keep an open mind."
What don't you like about working at Canadian Pacific Railway?
"Constant battle between union and management"
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Recall what it was like to be on the other side."
What don't you like about working at Union Pacific Railroad?
"ON Call 24/7"
What do you like about working at Norfolk Southern Railway?
"I was a frieght conductor for Norfolk Southern"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Yes, understand railroading."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"Very tough schedule to get used to oncall 24/7/365"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be sure to mention saftey and availabity."
What don't you like about working at Union Pacific Railroad?
"You don't have a schedule and you go on the road every time the phone rings with only two hours to be at work ready to go."
Please give us a one liner to describe this review.
"Employment sporatic without seniority in economic crisis."
What do you like about working at Union Pacific Railroad?
"Independent working environment"
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"This is an extemely satasfying career in good economic times, but frustrating when the economy is bad."
What don't you like about working at Union Pacific Railroad?
"Employment volitility due to lack of seniority in these economic times."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"With the current union agreement the company has employees that are dead weight but won't retire due to the amount of money they make."
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