Wouldn't Recommend a Job There to My Worst Enemy! - Anonymous employee Amtrak Employee Review

1.0
Mar 9, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There are some very talented, hard-working people there who manage to get things done despite having the deck stacked against them from day one. Pay and benefits are also decent.

Cons

Politics play way too much of a role there. Company tends to favor incompetent management who are good at political games than hard working employees who want to see actual change for the better. Most competent employees are treated like dirt unless they are lucky enough to have a decent manager. You can also forget about having a life outside the company if you want to advance your career - the second you stop working 24-7, you are blackballed and up for demotion/RIF at the first opportunity.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
May 14, 2026
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Pros

Great friends and Travel with plenty to see

Cons

The culture is horrible it’s a very demeaning please. They will fire you for anything. Harassment amongst employees and by management to their employees Is extremely high. I have a MBA degree and I still can not move above the customer service level. I’m a union member and you have to pay union dues to work a non management position. The union Reps work for Amtrak to so there is a conflict of interest. The union is TCU in which they defend the company 100x harder than they do their members. TCU is not organized very well. The pay is fairly well but after union dues in medical and taxes are withdrawn your net income makes it look like you are making at least 15 to 17 an hr. As far as Work culture at Amtrak it is fueled by many rumors and those rumors are more affluent then your resume .

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