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3.4
Average Rating
(based on 27 Norfolk Southern Railway Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
2.9
Growth Opportunities
3.2
People You Work With
4.2
Person You Work For
3.7
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
3.3
Way You Work
3.4
Work Setting
3.1
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"I've been at Norfolk Southern in the IT department for over 3 years. A couple great things about working at Norfolk Southern is that you can get exposure to high level technologies and work with a wide variety of people with different specialties."
Posted 10 years ago in Atlanta, GA
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"Awful company. Local management is terrible. Zero knowledge."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 1 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"Its been a long 12 years here. Started off great despite the company never really caring for the employees. Work non stop and struggle to get vacation days approved most of the time. Then when business slows they start cutting...and cutting... The last 3 years have been horrible the company cuts jobs adds work to existing jobs changes schedules almost as if to just make them less appealing. Weird right? The people running this place care about stock prices thats it. Not the employees the customers or the public. Trains have doubled in size(to cut crews) the block public crossings much longer now. I like what I do but anything above middle management and even some of them could care less about employees. Now they want to pass covid mandates. In hopes they will lose people so they can push for 1 man crews. Which is not safe for the crew member or the public. They have "programs" running trains until it messes up or gets scared then it dumps it on to the actual engineer. You then have to fix the mistake in a time frame the computer decides its taking all the skill our men have away. You get fired for doing something you havent done because this system thinks you will. Even when you prove it wrong. Horrible place. Stay away"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

3.4
Norfolk Southern Railway (38)

4.1 Highest Rated in this Industry is Kansas City Southern (6)
3.4 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Norfolk Southern Railway (38)
3.6 Average of All Companies in this Industry (225)
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"Great company to work for that provided great experiences along the way. Would recommend to anyone interested in operations management, the railroad industry, and managing people. Lots of room to grow and be what ever you set out to be. Management supports and encourages you to do well and help provide the best service to the customers. Good company to be apart of."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"And great job with good pay and retirement, however it’s poorly ran by upper management."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"If you’re not a stock holder they do not care about you at all. The customer and the employees to them are a necessary evil. They want you available 24/7 for repairs but they do not want to buy material to keep things running, then they act like they’re doing you a favor when they do buy parts and materials to maintain their equipment."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"It was a great job when I started and stayed that way till about 5 yrs ago. The company management went from taking care of customers to only caring about the bottom line and stockholders. It is a very hostile environment now."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"the company was misleading on job security adjusted to dangerous environmental work issues"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"It's a job, time for a change."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Java Developer

"It is a great experience."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"I've worked for the rail road on an off sence I was 18 years of age. Its come a time an age where computers are taking some of the jobs there for leaving some of us without a job or short hours. I've also had a few other jobs in my career search that have taught me alot an I have experienced numerous talents an opportunity of experience. Jobs such as production, transportation, technical, a few others characteristics I'm sure I'm leaving out. I will strive to find the best career for my needs an appilitys that is my goal an review."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Market Analyst Intern

"I interned at Norfolk southern during the summer. Overall, it was a good experience. My supervisor and coworkers were very nice and really made an effort to involve me in their work and give me meaningful tasks. The salary was also great for an internship position. The only downside I can think of was the gap between projects. While they were challenging, they were few and far between."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Conductor

"i am currently employed at norfolk southern railroad i am a conductor an also remote control operator i hav worked there for 9 years i have worked on the extra board an been on call for many of my years here i have worked many nites weekends an think i have been a very dependable asset to the company"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"Fast pass work environment"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 2 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"Great colleagues. Inconsistent management. Great pension plan."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 2 / 5
Norfolk Southern Railway Employee

"I'm not sure where this article got its information, but I have been a heavy equipment operator with NS for over 35 years and we do not get even close to $100,000 a year. Base pay is 28.25 per hour, or a little over $58,000 a year. I have averaged about $85,000 the last two years, by working every stick of overtime available to me. 16 hr days, 24 hr shifts, 2-3 weeks straight through without days off. Then, you can expect to be treated like dirt if you make any kind of mistake. You can make a decent living with NS, but don't expect to have a home life or a nurturing work environment because it just isn't there."

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5

Norfolk Southern Railway Reviews FAQs

Is Norfolk Southern Railway a good company to work for?

Norfolk Southern Railway has an overall rating of 3.4 Average Rating out of 5, based on over 27 Norfolk Southern Railway Review Ratings left anonymously by Norfolk Southern Railway employees, which is 13% lower than the average rating for all companies on CareerBliss. 78% of employees would recommend working at Norfolk Southern Railway.

Does Norfolk Southern Railway pay their employees well?

Norfolk Southern Railway employees earn $51,000 annually on average, or $25 per hour, which is 23% lower than the national salary average of $66,000 per year. 17 Norfolk Southern Railway employees have shared their salaries on CareerBliss. Find Norfolk Southern Railway Salaries by Job Title.

How satisfied are employees working at Norfolk Southern Railway?

78% of employees would recommend working at Norfolk Southern Railway with the overall rating of 3.4 out of 5. Employees also rated Norfolk Southern Railway 2.9 out of 5 for Company Culture, 3.7 for Rewards You Receive, 3.2 for Growth Opportunities and 3.3 for support you get.

What is the highest paying job at Norfolk Southern Railway?

According to our data, the highest paying job at Norfolk Southern Railway is a Business Analyst at $130,000 annually. Browse Norfolk Southern Railway Salaries by Job Profile.

What is the lowest paying job at Norfolk Southern Railway?

According to our data, the lowest paying job at Norfolk Southern Railway is a Market Analyst Intern at $9,000 annually. Browse Norfolk Southern Railway Salaries by Job Profile.

What are the pros and cons of working at Norfolk Southern Railway?

According to reviews on CareerBliss, employees commonly rated the pros of working at Norfolk Southern Railway to be Growth Opportunities, People You Work With, Person You Work For and Rewards You Receive, and cons to be Company Culture.

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