Senior Manager - Anonymous employee Amtrak Employee Review

2.0
Nov 10, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits - caveat - now being removed.

Cons

People have been promoted to management from the ranks for the most part and continue to pay their union dues in case they get fired as a manager, and so they do not manage. Antiquated, kept in the past, new ideas are not particularly welcomed, "this is how we've always done it" is the # 1 phrase. The benefits which kept people here are being taken away and as such anyone coming in the door or who have come in the last five years have no reason to stay as they aren't paid market wages. Check the case law if you want to see how adept Amtrak is at violating EEO laws.

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Cons

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1.0
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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 The pay is fairly well but after union dues in medical and taxes are withdrawn your net income makes it look like you are making at least 15 to 17 an hr.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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