It pays the bills but its not what it seems - Electrician Amtrak Employee Review

3.0
Aug 19, 2019
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Pros

Non stress environment, decent benefits , decent pay, friendly environment

Cons

Managers and supervisors are not qualified for jobs because of Amtraks hiring from within policys. Basically u can go from cleaning a train to supervising a team of experienced craftspeople like electricians, plumbers and so on in 2 years. Education is not valued , if you are too smart they will push you out the door. Management lacks basic skills as they are all ex cleaners with no education or management experience . It can be a very physical job at times including working in all types of weather. Your shift changes regularly for first few years. This review is based on the NY facilities.

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5.0
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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 The pay is fairly well but after union dues in medical and taxes are withdrawn your net income makes it look like you are making at least 15 to 17 an hr.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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