The corporate greed is starting to bleed! This would have been 5 stars a year ago. - Technician GREX Employee Review

2.0
Apr 18, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are great. You have the ability to turn your phone off and say that you had no service to avoid foam lipped manager phone calls.

Cons

Ever since GREX was bought out by Loram things have never been the same. Management does whatever they have to in order save their jobs, including promotions to fancy new titles to do the exact same job while leaving the ones who do all the heavy lifting for the company in the dust. Expect to spend 250-300 days a year in a hotel away from family. Oh.. and I forgot to mention that they took away vacation to field operators who spend 75% of the year on the road away, but kept it for office employees. This is only the beginning of a collapse..save yourselves!

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5.0
Jun 9, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Lots of good people to work with.

Cons

Too much tribal knowledge. Lack of communication.

2.0
Oct 15, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get to see the country as an operator. If you're in to meeting new people and seeing how others live from the railroad perspective, it's pretty unique.

Cons

Salary is not competitive for what we do as an operator! Cheap labor that receives a percentage of a percentage for bonuses. Big difference between office personnel and field operators. Poor company culture and a lack of upward mobility. Small raises. Mainly family and friends get promoted. Seems to be a power struggle within upper management. Loss of morale. Management is not visible in the field. Management only listens to the token few. There's no work life balance, but that's part of the job.

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