Does CSX pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, CSX employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at CSX. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at CSX?

54% of CSX employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated CSX 2.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at CSX?

Freight Conductor (168) , Railroad Conductor (93) , Locomotive Engineer (62) , Conductor (49) , Manager (44) , Engineer (28) , Senior Software Engineer (20) , Trainmaster (20) , Carman (17) , Software Engineer (16) , Project Manager (15) , Signal Maintainer (15) , Software Developer (14) , Director (12) , Journeyman Carman (12)

What are the pros of working at CSX according to real employee reviews?

"Good Benefits and the pay when they don’t take back claims!" ((in 265 reviews)); "not terrible; pretty good pay" ((in 251 reviews)); "Retirement and health insurance are good" ((in 68 reviews)); "Great people and always something new to learn." ((in 64 reviews)); "money is good health is ok for now" ((in 43 reviews))

What are the cons of working at CSX according to real employee reviews?

"poor management..being on call your whole career." ((in 106 reviews)); "No work life balance at all" ((in 66 reviews)); "long hours and away from home" ((in 41 reviews)); "Too many layoffs creating job uncertain" ((in 27 reviews)); "Rules are subject to interpritation and what is acceptable to one manager may not be to the next so your never comfortable with what your doing and spend more time worried about wether or not a manager is watching you with night vision than about doing your job and staying alive." ((in 26 reviews))

What are employees saying about CSX layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about CSX layoffs and their outlook for job security at CSX in 2026.

What are the top reviewed CSX locations?

Jacksonville , Atlanta , Selkirk , Nashville , Baltimore , Richmond , Louisville , Cincinnati , Columbus , Tampa , Chicago , Montgomery , Cleveland , Avon , Buffalo , Birmingham , Cumberland , Indianapolis , Waycross , Toledo , New York , Philadelphia , Albany , Savannah , Mobile , Hamlet , Huntington , Pittsburgh , Syracuse , Grand Rapids

CSX reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(1,471 total reviews)

Joseph R. Hinrichs

70% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Career opportunities

2.8

Culture & values

2.7

Senior management

2.4

Work/Life balance

CSX has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,471 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CSX 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

4.0

Mar 6, 2017

Craft Employee

Signal maintainer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good pay and benefits. Safety is first at CSX, I have been empowered to make decisions about safety and how to preform my job. I have worked at CSX for 11 years and probably will retire from here. Overall its a good place to work.

Cons

No path for advancement for craft or hourly employees. The company seems to want t o hire outside the company for management. They hire them at a low wage and they have no railroad experience. Because of that, we have a lot of turnover in field managers. The company is going through a lot of restructuring right now, lots of lay offs and management cut backs despite record profits. They just announced 1000 management lay offs and I expect to see more lays offs soon.

1.0

Feb 25, 2017

different names, same company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

no expectation of high performance no education required, just coast until retirement, decent pay, some modest union protection, usually friendly co-workers, good job for RR fans, ideal employee was CPA, spent 2 years as conductor / railfan, then got real job with IRS, also retired marine, had military pension, fire proof, been to Afganistan, when higher management (no college, no military, nepotism, worthless) tried to bully him it failed. Military friendly company .

Cons

average pay considering hours, nepotism, tuition reimbursement effectively denied to field employees harsh attendance policy, declining health benefits and worthless dental, suggestions / improvements met with hostility, frequent layoffs and punishments, weird hours and schedules mean obesity, alcoholism, divorce are standard features, . lower management treated like dogs, and pass that on to troops. JAX culture and jobs totally different world, no field opportunities to help community, ,

2.0

Feb 24, 2017

electrician

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good pay and benefits and ins

Cons

hard hours and work conditions

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