CSX, where your just a number - Engineer/Conductor CSX Employee Review

2.0
May 31, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Railroad retirement is the only good reason to work for csx if your a Union Employee

Cons

on call type work, no days off unless you can use a personal leave day or daily vacation day which the company can remove or deny at any time, stay in motels hours away from home 12 hours to 48 hours waiting on trains, you will miss important life events and the company will not let you off for them, no sic days off, no comp time off, etc. You can and will be fired for any rule violations until you can have a formal hearing, the company is 99 percent going to win. Union does a horrible job negotiating contracts. Company violates your union negotiated contract daily and union does nothing about it..

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fair minded and supportive management. Not directly involved in RR management, so did not have the same hours or demands as many do.

Cons

None really--large publicly held company. Working on a contract basis, so can't speak to benefits.

1.0
Jun 21, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Simple business model which is dependent on customer service.

Cons

Board is run by an Activist Investor. Company officers for the past 10 year have been bleeding off company assets and reducing operational capabilities in exchange for short term valuations. Many of these senior leaders were brought in with documented history of sexual misconduct and questionable corporate ethics. Their only qualification they need is that they were former managers under the Hunter Harrison regime at Canadian National.

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