Great family, horrible parents - Journeyman Carman Amtrak Employee Review

3.0
23 May 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The people: the co workers were quite honestly the best part of the worksite. They were a family that made you want to go to work.

Cons

Management gets hired on from other outside companies and automatically think they know better than the employees. To quote one of the managers “I don’t need to know anything about the trains, i just need to know how to manage you people”. The Union is always gonna be there but sometimes it seems like they’re working against you.

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5.0
23 Jun 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
14 May 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 The pay is fairly well but after union dues in medical and taxes are withdrawn your net income makes it look like you are making at least 15 to 17 an hr.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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