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3.5

66% would recommend to a friend

(286 total reviews)

Dan Smith

77% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Watco Companies has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 286 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Watco Companies 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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286 reviews
1.0
Feb 29, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It can't get much worse, glad I made it out. Others are not so lucky, Has plenty of potential to be a decent job

Cons

On site management is a joke. Acts like their job is hard by over complicating their own responsibilities. Last manager was banned from the plant for standing up for his crew because another railroad shoved into plant while the switching crew was working, after being told there was a crew actively moving. Manager got into a verbal disagreement with plant supervisors and was banned from plant. Therefore upper management desidedes to appoint the oldest member of crew to site manager solely based on his age apparently because there was no other logical reason other than taking applications would have taken too long. Organization is the last thing on their minds and all management cares about is if they have enough bodies present so they don't have to work. The crewmembers are so so, some just show up, others do whatever they want and only a few are actually held accountable for there actions . Not even to mention the fact that everyone still there is WAY underpaid.

4.0
Feb 6, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Corporate infrastructure needs some work but the powers that be realize this. They are striving daily to strengthen back-office support. The company is working daily to create a better atmosphere for those of us "boots on the ground" team members. Accountability starts at the top of the management chain. They are a self-insured company and have provided us with a more than comparable health-care benefit package. As of this year it is now available for same-sex marriage couples. There are many more things I could list that have changed since I started there. I've been with Watco over 5 years. I've worked hard, been recognized, and been rewarded.

Cons

Work place structures could be nicer. I've been to a few railroad properties and some of the depots could be replaces and or updated. My building is old!

3.0
Feb 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great work atmosphere and treated reasonably.

Cons

Don't offer much for personal time off.

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