CPKC reviews

2.5

26% would recommend to a friend

(1,368 total reviews)
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Keith Creel

37% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

CPKC has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,368 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The CPKC employee rating is 29% below average for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Oct 17, 2013

No one should have to work for a company like this

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Pros

None since new management team took over.

Cons

No time off allowed. Cannot call in sick even with note from doctor. Work every holiday (and no holiday pay). Terrible relationship between union and management.

1.0
Aug 14, 2013
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Pros

There are no Pros, unless you are brought in by the new leadership (from the "CN" Canadian National Railroad). Okay, there are Pros: excellent training. Very good pay, and benefits. Think very very hard if the stress is worth it.

Cons

Not a professional environment, very unhappy employees. Anyone that knew anything are gone. Since the new leadership took over a year ago they have abolished so many jobs that there's hardly anyone left. They think the managers ought to do everything but the leadership doesn't understand the concept of managers is to manage people and then supervisors supervise the work! Sometimes they move up a young person to management level that is completely inappropriate. So you might have a "professional person" in a meeting with a "kid" who looks and acts like a street gang, uneducated, leaning so far back in a chair it might topple over.

1.0
Jan 23, 2025

Do better CPKC

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Pros

The pay is pretty good. I enjoy the basics job of being a yardmaster. Complex puzzles that need to be put together excites me and when a plan comes together it’s rewarding.. with some exceptions

Cons

I have been a yardmaster for 10 years, formally the KCS and now for the CPKC. I’ve seen so many managers come and go it’s hard to even fathom. The CP management is just out of this world insane. They have wild expectations (put you in un winnable situations accomplish two things that are impossible if you fail it’s your fault), and under the constant threat (daily) of being fired. I would say twice a day you hear those words. I can’t stress enough that if you aren’t an assistant superintendent or higher that this company does not care whatsoever about you, except to discipline you to put a feather in there hat. Sucks because I truly enjoy being a yardmaster.

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