CPKC Reviews

2.6

26% would recommend to a friend

(1,366 total reviews)
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Keith Creel

37% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

CPKC has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,366 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The CPKC employee rating is 26% below average for employers within the Transportation and logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
20 Oct 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Health care is decent. Pension is OK but not great (no 401k match)- but you can get that at any rail job. Pay is just so so.

Cons

Short and to the point. This company should have a class action lawsuit against it by its workforce. I’m not a complainer - in fact a hard worker with a college degree. I’ve held many jobs in transportation. Massive harassment. Constantly time off for smallest infractions like shoes not tied and safety vest with a button that came undone. Forget to say over on the radio once in a day (they listen). Your phone could/and will ring day and night with literally no heads up ordering you to work. Usually about 3 days a weak you will stumble into work with just a few hours sleep. Better be on your toes with no sleep because 30 days off without pay constantly. It’s insane! I’m not exaggerating. They want you to work unsafe very quickly or you will have management in your face screaming from the 100’s of cameras that are constantly watching you. When you are in your many investigations the union can’t do much but take it to arbitration. So the company decides how much time you get. Their is no discussing it. Arbitration is unusually backed up from 1-3 years in the future. Old union but unfortunately very weak. In the mean time guys have lost everything, some including their families. Very very sad place to work. Most are stuck being in their 40’s or 50’s with not much for other possible career moves or skills that transfer. Everyone’s fearful and understands that today could be your last. You will have to listen to people complaining and negativity ALL day long. It really sucks! Oh they usually only can work 10 hours witch is straight time and then get cut off before any OT can be made. Contract is terrible and you will be away from home for 6 days with just 48 hours off. Then you come home exhausted. You have to sleep - literally no time off. I was very blessed to get out and find a different career path in transportation. I, even including most management there, despise this company!

2.0
31 Aug 2018

Finance

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Stable industry and company - Decent salary and benefits for a non oil & gas company - Good hard working people

Cons

NOTE: There's a reason why you always see so many CP Rail postings. It's not because the company is growing. It's because employees are leaving. - Organizational decisions are being made by senior management without any understanding or care for the actual work being done or the impact it has on their employees - Employees are overworked with ever increasing demands, with no support from management. It's a "just get it done" mentality. - Work life balance is not valued in this company - Many demands from senior management. Many of which don't actually add value to the company.

1.0
5 Feb 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Might be OK if you're in the union or a contractor.

Cons

CP has the most oppressive work culture I have ever seen. Everyone seems to live in constant fear of being fired. A recent, 2017 employee survey revealed that 82% of CP employees "...would leave the company if offered a job with similar pay elsewhere". I dare you to ask about that in a CP interview and see if you get a straight answer. IT is a sweatshop meaning that work/life balance is non-existent. If you work on-call, you get no compensation for it except $25 total per night and only if you get called between certain hours. There's no overtime in IT as it is non-union. Many IT employees, especially in the area I was in, are expected to work well beyond 40 hours/week and 50-60 hour work weeks are very common. You will get abused or threatened by managers who don't know the meaning of respectful workplace.

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