Not a great place to work - Anonymous employee Amtrak Employee Review

2.0
Mar 17, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Very good retirement plan, offices in Wilmington are the nicest btwn Philly and DC

Cons

Clueless management, poor working conditions, pathetic pay. No defined career paths and very little room for advancement. My advice to any person considering taking an offer from this place is to negotiate the highest salary possible because your raises will average about 3% regardless of how well you're performed.

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 The pay is fairly well but after union dues in medical and taxes are withdrawn your net income makes it look like you are making at least 15 to 17 an hr.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