Good people, but definitely a government org - Anonymous employee Amtrak Employee Review

2.0
Oct 6, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

* Good people who really do want to do right thing * HQ is a great location * Worklife balance - there is literally no need / incentive to work past 5 pm * Good place to work if you are train nerd (you know who you are...)

Cons

* Because of the railroad retirement system, people are inclined to stay longer resulting in a lack of "sought after" talent in the administration side * Since it is a government org, most big decisions are driven more by politics than data. Coming from the management consulting world, I could not handle that * Stale "old" environment A friend of mine said it best - a C-level role at Amtrak is the equivalent of a manager role anywhere else

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Great friends and Travel with plenty to see

Cons

The culture is horrible it’s a very demeaning please. They will fire you for anything. Harassment amongst employees and by management to their employees Is extremely high. I have a MBA degree and I still can not move above the customer service level. I’m a union member and you have to pay union dues to work a non management position. The union Reps work for Amtrak to so there is a conflict of interest. The union is TCU in which they defend the company 100x harder than they do their members. TCU is not organized very well. The pay is fairly well but after union dues in medical and taxes are withdrawn your net income makes it look like you are making at least 15 to 17 an hr. As far as Work culture at Amtrak it is fueled by many rumors and those rumors are more affluent then your resume .

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