Amtrak reviews

3.5

70% would recommend to a friend

(1,272 total reviews)

Stephen Gardner

69% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Amtrak has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,272 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Amtrak employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Jan 25, 2017

Transportation Management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Steady pay and benefits, as is typical to government employment.

Cons

Benefits decreasing with time. Unstable work hours, even for salaried managers. Lack of upper management support. Lack of effective training. Job duties not properly prioritized. Lack of creative thinking or progressive ideas to improve the company and the rail industry in general. Overflow of redundant middle and upper management positions.

3.0
Jan 22, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people that I worked with were very friendly and willing to teach me about any aspect of the railroad.

Cons

The mentality of many people at Amtrak was simply to do the bare minimum required of them, especially in lower management and the general workforce.

1.0
Dec 21, 2016

Student Engineer

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Horrible culture...training engineer complete joke. Follow very few safety rules.. completely unprofessional place to work and nearly got me killed and every passenger on the train.

Cons

Horrible culture.. zero safety adherence

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