BNSF Railway reviews

3.0

41% would recommend to a friend

(2,426 total reviews)
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Kathryn Farmer

39% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

BNSF Railway has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,426 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The BNSF Railway 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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2K reviews
1.0
Apr 30, 2022

DO NOT DO IT

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most TY&E coworkers are nice. Free water

Cons

BNSF does not like TY&E. BNSF blames everything on TY&E. Just watch the STB hearing on YouTube. Matt Garland or Katie Farmer have never worked as a conductor or engineer. So they have no idea how hard it is to be fully rested for a 12 trip. The phone will ring any time. BNSF TY&E do not receive holidays off like the corporate folks. The trips have gotten longer thanks to PSR. Don’t believe their bull about them not doing it. I see it every trip. They cut operating ratio to a bare minimum all while giving themselves bonuses. It is a us (TY&E) against them (management) work environment. We cannot get away with anything there are cameras inside and outside the locomotives, inside and outside the depot, in the yard. So they can’t blame us for their poor service to customers. It’s all in their lack of planning and accountability.

1.0
Mar 31, 2022

Authoritarian

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are decent, but they used to be excellent

Cons

Very little time off, no assigned days of for ten years plus. On call 24/7. You WILL work every holiday, and as a conductor, no time and a half. If you take off two days a month, you will run out of attendance points in 14 months, which you will then be subject to discipline, and eventually termination. During the planned-demic, they reduced wages, so as everyone else is receiving more pay, railroaders are making less, and working more.

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