Taking you back in time to 1950 - Human Resources Amtrak Employee Review

1.0
May 28, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Based on the current direction of the company I cannot think of any. Maybe Rail Road Retirement but you can find that at any Class 1 RR

Cons

Management needs to stand up to the Unions. At best 20 hours of work might be done in a 60 hour work week. Yes guys are milking the system for 20 hours of OT every week. Speaking of the Unions they are toxic. It is split on a generational divide. The over 40 crowd is there to not work and the younger new hires are only in the Union because it's a closed shop. If they do not start working the current Administration with get rid of Long Distance and just keep the NEW because it's the only part of the business that generates a profit.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Very great company to work for! Great Job Stability and good benefits.

Cons

May be difficult to move up the ladder. Promotions within aren't very common.

1.0
May 14, 2026
Recommend
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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 The pay is fairly well but after union dues in medical and taxes are withdrawn your net income makes it look like you are making at least 15 to 17 an hr.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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