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Great Pay and Benefits, No Work-Life Balance - Signal Maintainer Norfolk Southern Employee Review

3.0
Jan 18, 2026
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Pros

Pay is excellent, with plenty of overtime opportunities. Health insurance is great, especially for families as dependents are no additional cost.

Cons

Expected to be on-call after hours throughout the week, and rotating mandatory on-call status every other weekend. Flexibility depends on adjoining maintainers and supervisor. No work-life balance, long hours. Safety is preached, but company goes through spells of not wanting to spend on proper tools or materials. High stress environment. Liability nightmare with grade crossings.

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5.0
Apr 14, 2026
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Pros

Good training provided at training center

Cons

It was 3 weeks feel like needed to be longer

3.0
Jul 1, 2026
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Pros

Depending on the team you are in, it can be very flexible, and you’ll be working with nice people.

Cons

HR needs to step in more, they are supposed to set a precedent yet it seems like the higher ups in different departments actually set the expectations. Which can be toxic, and some managers clearly don’t know how to manage teams. HR seems to be a nice and fun department, but the rest of the company has lackluster reviews. Also, stop advertising a total rewards package to new hires when you need to work over fiver years to get some benefits and due to the merger they won’t actually get that package. Just raise your base salaries.

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