Employees are Abandoning Ship - Exempt Employee BNSF Railway Employee Review

- Got rid of pension which used to be a major draw, selling point and retention benefit - No annual raises in 2021 with explanation by our new CEO of “no expected inflation” by which is ridiculous, even after all employees helped deliver all time record operating ratio in 2020 - Message from HR VP and others is essentially “be happy we didn’t fire you during the downturn”. HR is clueless about how to retain employees and just make hollow statements like “this is a great place to work” and “people are our biggest asset”. - Terrible bonus payouts the past several years, even while billions in profits sent to Berkshire Hathaway. BRK leader Greg Abel who “manages” BNSF is a cutthroat miser with a reputation of cutting and slashing and not caring about employees - always “do more with less”, and nothing is ever good enough - Morale and culture is terrible right now, & has been for the past 2-3 years, but senior execs act clueless about why people are bailing. New CEO noticeably silent while Rome is burning - take some immediate action and manage up! - Many, many talented and long tenure employees quitting left and right the past 9-12 months for better opportunities at suppliers, other railroads or other companies in DFW. Remaining staff expected to pick up the slack and burdened with training newbies. No end in sight and no rays of hope offered by CEO / upper mgmt. - I would not recommend BNSF to anyone looking for a great place to work at this point. It’s just another greedy company squeezing exempts and all employees while swimming in cash and profits. I know so many people that are just waiting to see if there is another poor bonus payout at the end of the year. If so, many more people will bail because it will demonstrate that the company truly doesn’t listen or care if we stay or leave.