Norfolk Southern Corp Employer Reviews

Its a great job to have a typical day is going to the yard off then off to a mine to load a train or pick up coal cars.

The railroad is not a great place for a new family to be a part of if in transportation. Have to put in at least 5 years before you can breath and not worry about getting laid off and not having job from month to month. If I knew half of what i was getting into i would have never even applied. Now some may love it and if you do, you will have a great – more... career if your not laid off, great pay, decent benifits, good retirement, easy work but be prepared for 30+ years of no schedule leaving your house a 2-3 am for 2 days at time. Management for me has been fairly good as long as you are on call and dont tear up anything they tend to leave you alone, but i have heard horror stories. This job on paper sounds amazing but once your actually working and know what its like its hard to get used to. Great career if you can take it mentally and are willing to sacrifice about 75% of your free time and forget about keeping friends or a healthy social life. Final point is that if you have never worked a job where you are on call 24 hours a day 365 days a year or maybe military background( a lot of guys that work are ex military). I would think long and hard before applying. If you have a family with kids be prepared to go months without making any real money in the first years. Also the expensive dues to a union that is a shell of what it once was. you can go into management but then the company can relocate you anywhere they see fit at any time. Again great career and there are fewer and fewer places that offer any real career without a degree but you will earn it by being away from your home, family, and friends. Also company is very strict on health if you go for phisical and anything is wrong you will not go back to work until it is fixed and cleared by norfolk n southern medical dept NOT YOUR DOC we have seen it time and time again your doc says your fine but the company takes weeks even months to clear you back to work. If you struggle with high blood pressure, sugar, eye sight, anything...ive seen people taken out of service for months for sugar issues. 25 years of service and you could be taken off work for blood pressure of anything over 140 over 90. If you think you could live away from home then go for it but be prepared. – less

Started in the Network and Service Management Trainee Program. I was given the opportunity to travel within the NS network and do project work with every department.

Great place to work with super benifits. f you like travel you will love it.I

A typical yard job at norfolk southern is as a conductor you will receiving your work load from the dispatcher and then work with the engineer to build inbound or outbound trains. A yard job has very little traveling. As a conductor on a road job your train will already be built for your crew by the yard crew, and you will take to the line of road to – more... service industries or other railroad yards. Traveling out of the Detroit terminal includes Various parts of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Chicago. – less

Norfolk Southern Corp is our nation's premier transportation company, providing our nation with efficient and safe freight movement across the east. The company provides a wonderful set of benefits, and expects its employees to proactively take on challenges and be innovative. A typical day varies significantly given the various departments, but management – more... routinely pushes their employees to achieve daily. The hardest part of my job is effecting change in such a large corporation, but I always find support from my supervisors. The most enjoyable part of my job is being able to take on significant responsibilities early in my career and being able to establish a quantifiable track record of success, given this opportunity. – less

Inventory, Unloading of trucks and stocking parts. This was a repair shop in Roanoke.

Great place to work. Good benefits and checks are always in the bank.

good days. bad days. Compensated very well for your time, but no social life early on.

NS is great, the managers care about their employees. I have been here over two years and still love working here.

This is a great company to be apart of. Fellow employees were so nice and it was a great experience for me here.

just make sue when applying to work for this company, that you do not have any pre existing heath conditions. because you will not be a qualified person.

Print daily bulletins,job briefing with crew,get permission to line out on any specific rail,depending on what train your on will determine who you are gonna service.I learned that communication on the railroad is very important,getting switches and derails lined right for proper turn.i also learned working for the railroad is a whole different lifestyle, – more... with speed limits, different signals to learn.The hardest part of the job is learning your territory ,what rules you have to know in different territories and making sure you triple check everything. – less

Hours are hard on your family. On call 24/7. Away from home constantly

Very structured, with difficult work schedule. Worked on-call for 15 years out of 20. Management was always trying to fire you. Very stressful.

The culture of NS is not univeral throughout the company. There are different cultures in different departments, even those in the same building. The RACS department is very challenging due to the culture that will never change. Standards are set for individuals based on personal feelings and not professional opinions. Everyday you will cry before coming – more... to work. The job tasks are not hard at all, a 5th grader could do it. However, management is horrible. Complaints and investigations have been filed with HR and EEO. All investigations stop at management and of course are found in favor of management. The only thing that will keep you coming to work is the salary and benefits. – less

Enjoyed job. Had Medical issues and chose to leave. Nice benefits. Safety was a very very important thing and your job depended on it. Good and bad people everywhere.

Although it's a great company, the money was not worth giving up all my personal time with my family.

Would be a great place to work if the coal industry was booming.

Norfolk Southern Corp is a great company for people with
different background to work for.