Its okay - Railroad Conductor Amtrak Employee Review

3.0
Mar 3, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is great for not having to go to college. Retirement is amazing if you hit 30 years (100% of your salary) The people you work with are all different.

Cons

Management has been terrible as of the submission of this review. Morale has been low and it's honestly all their fault. Trainmen get treated like second-class citizens. No one knows anything when it comes to military leave, and if they do they are not 100% honest and forward with how everything is done. information rarely shared. Covid-19 was handled dangerously and unorganized. NO SICK DAYS even though we work in the elements or around hundreds of passengers a day. You get 2 weeks of vacation until you hit 7 years then you get 3, you get your 4th week around 15 years, and your 5th week around 25 years.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Very great company to work for! Great Job Stability and good benefits.

Cons

May be difficult to move up the ladder. Promotions within aren't very common.

1.0
May 14, 2026
Recommend
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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 The pay is fairly well but after union dues in medical and taxes are withdrawn your net income makes it look like you are making at least 15 to 17 an hr.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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