Good salary but you'll pay with your health long term
Pros
Meet new people and travel often.
Cons
The wear and tear on your body is not worth the pay. Terrible sleep and downtime schedules, dangerous diesel fumes and other chemicals you are force to breathe in and always having stressors regarding air-conditioning and toilet failure. There is no security or police onboard so we are always in danger of armed trespassers boarding at any scheduled stop. Congress approved 66 billion dollars to Amtrak in 2021. However, All of that money is gone and unaccounted for without any accountability. Amtrak continues to fire good employees and operate broken equipment. The train staff is under paid while the manager's pocket bonuses and grant money. Even after a strike the on-board staff contract is still in litigations without any pay increase.
