Great company to work for - Director FreightCar America Employee Review

High growth potential. Great advancement opportunities for those seeking them. A lot of overtime for those that love it so supervisors can clear 80K due to overtime. I learned a ton about leadership, but this was only because I lucked up on who my manager and mentor was.

Weld fumes constant. It's a heavy weld plant so constantly protecting eyes from weld flash, getting minor burns, and wearing flame retardant clothing. Unstable work flow. Cherokee expanding way too quickly than the area could provide for in experience operators. This eventually became the locations demise. The training program was under invested in to match the lack of experience of employees required to match the rate of employee count growth. Rework destroyed profitability and delivery time as well as quality to customer.

Lots of overtime to be had.

Bad management Went to Mexico