Engineeeing - Track Maintainer CN Employee Review

5.0
Oct 30, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Such a diverse great company to work for with lots of opportunity for promotions and internal job opportunities. If you are willing to go the extra mile the sky is the limit. With full benifits a company pension while earning an honest salary or wage compliment your career and make the best out of it. I have been working in the industry for about 6 years but I am new to the company as I finished conductor school and picked up a job in engineering as a track maintainer to keep busy , and am applying for a transfer to transportation as I am a conductor at heart. I recommend doing working here if you can stay positive about things you will go far and have a great career.

Cons

I get to work with trains which is a dream come true there are no cons. Lol

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5.0
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Its what you make of it. Good union job with good benefits

Cons

You're always waiting on trains.

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CN Response
2mo
Thank you for your feedback and for your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great benefits. We thank you for moving our business and the economy forward. Please share your thoughts with your manager and on your regular Interaction surveys.
4.0
Apr 13, 2026
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Pros

Pays decently well for first job out of college. My manager and team are very reasonable with expectations placed on new hires. Working after office hours (past 4:30pm) is extremely rare and only expected in emergencies.

Cons

Very slow and/or limited job growth potential. Promotions into middle management are almost purely based on reputation with middle managers who are largely people with previous field experience. This is very disadvantageous to direct-from-college hires like myself and even my current manager.

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CN Response
2mo
Thank you for your feedback and for your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great pay. With a 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without its dedicated employees. We thank you for moving our business and the economy forward. Remember to leverage your development plan to have career discussions with your leader and please share your thoughts on your regular Interaction surveys.
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