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Re: who works for the rail road?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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08/01/25 01:54 PM
08/01/25 01:54 PM
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Very SE Nebraska
Gary Benson
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I don't know about CSX but around here UP and BN are both notorious for hiring people and then laying them off. Never did understand that.
Life ain't supposed to be easy.
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Re: who works for the rail road?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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08/01/25 03:14 PM
08/01/25 03:14 PM
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ND
MJM
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I know several that were engineers that quit. I am sure they were paid well. They said too much BS to put up with.
"Not Really, Not Really" Mark J Monti "MJM you're a jerk."
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Re: who works for the rail road?
[Re: MJM]
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08/01/25 05:07 PM
08/01/25 05:07 PM
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Indiana
Providence Farm
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I know several that were engineers that quit. I am sure they were paid well. They said too much BS to put up with. Engineers are over 200k from what I heard. conductors minimum working 8 hr days is 97k according to the listing. My cousin was told he will blow way past that. Was also told he would be on call all the time and forces his one day off a week. Sound like a way to knock down some cash. Good for him But I have been doing just that for the last few years and am not sure I'm willing to another few years. my primary interest is the better retirement and spending more nights at home than I am now. (May be just the opposite) And my company looks to be intentionally running my plant in the ground So looking at other options.
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Re: who works for the rail road?
[Re: Providence Farm]
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Yesterday at 03:17 PM
Yesterday at 03:17 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Magna, Utah
GritGuy
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Seeing as you are not much of a family type person per your descriptions here off and on, seems it would be a great fit for you, doubt you would miss much with you kids growing up without you most of the time. Yes you put in the time when off, but you would rather be working for the dollars per your talk.
Being devils advocate here, kids need a lot of parental support and watch as they enter the teen years and older, one parent rarely is enough to help them through the myriads of things out there in today's age.
Money isn't as much as people think it is when some one or something cause's a great loss to the family !
Just saying that money made now might not be making up for things you are looking at now for the future, I can understand a work place not being held together much if you have watched it continue to falter, a sure enough reason for looking to another job, however one with even less time to be around your family seems a bad investment just for dollars to bring in, when there are other avenues to check out for new jobs and still be close to family!
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Re: who works for the rail road?
[Re: sportsman94]
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12 hours ago
12 hours ago
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Aaron Proffitt
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I did an internship with Norfolk southern for a summer. That was enough for me. All the guys I talked to were miserable and only stayed because that was the only job that paid enough to cover the child support for the kids with their 3-5 ex wives. I witnessed the management side mostly, but a lot of those guys acted like they were out to get the engineers and conductors (one guy got mad that the operators were doing what they were supposed to because he wanted to be able to write them up).
They offered me a very good paying job for straight out of school and I couldn’t decline quick enough. In fact, I think out of 50 plus interns who were offered jobs only one or two accepted.
With that said, some of the engineers and conductors I talked to seemed to generally like their jobs. Or at least not complain as much as the other guys I was around more frequently This ! I once was BS'ing with some crews who were staying at the hotel I was staying at . They all mentioned the money was excellent. But I thought, " They must be living in gated communities and their kids going to private schools . ". Nope. For the same reasons you mentioned.
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