Currently applying for a conductor position and hoping to get some opinions on the job.Thx
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Currently applying for a conductor position and hoping to get some opinions on the job.Thx
knew several years ago that did out of slc and pocatello idaho. they worked for 6 months then laid off/unemployment for 6 months. great bennies due to the unions, but the work was not full time.
again, years ago..
gl....
I just got done. I aced the test and did really well on the board interview. We'll see.
I have a cousin that works for BNSF and loves it. Been there about 14 years now. Paid well to!!
Newty,
I've been workin' on the railroad,
All the live long day.
I've been workin' on the railroad,
Just to pass the time away.
Don't you hear the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn.
Don't you hear the captain shouting
"Dinah, blow your horn?"
Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o.
Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o-o-o-o.
Fee, fie, fiddle-e-i-o.
Strumming on the old banjo.
Beat me to it Drew!
I had a friend who worked for the railroad. Loved it and the pay was good but the crew he was with was very on and off with work and after only a couple years he left. Hopefully it's a bit more steady!
A friend at work has a husband who works for the railroad and when he retires the spouse gets 1/2 of a retirement also. Sounds like one of the better paying jobs and benefits.
My Dad did it for a while. My grandfather did it for a long time and retired. His wife (grandma) lived to be 89 and collected RR retirement for a long time.
Just wait to thank me when that song is rolling around your head for hours while you're running down the tracks.
Newty, are you looking at a conductor job or locomotive engineer?
RR has some great retirement benefits. Thats about all I know ...
well other than Dusty's Mom having a lot of experience running trains. Might PM her. :p
You get the typical doom and gloom speech about how bad the job is, working all the time, hours, etc... but you never hear guys that work there complaining.
Excellent pay, benifits, and retirement. I hear a good union too but I've never work in any unions so I wouldn't know.
My father works for union pacific as a conductor/switchmen. He will have been there a year in January, he likes it and the pay is good. He is trained to be a conductor and did it for some time in his training but now works in one of the yards remotely controlling locomotives and putting trains together. He went this route because it enables him to be home everyday instead of pulling a load somewhere staying in a hotel and coming back the next day or sometimes getting stock somewhere for a day or two. When he first started a yard job he was on call all the time and it got to the point where he hated anytime the phone rang because you could work 1st shift one day and 3rd shift the next. He has a regular job now working 2nd shift wed-sun. At union pacific you can pick your job/assignment based on seniority so if somebody senior to you likes your job he can bump you off your job and you have to find an open job or bump someone below you, in the first few month he was getting bumped quite a bit. Safety is a huge deal from what he tells me and is the easiest way to get fired.
You dont get SS, you get RR benefits in retirement from your year in service.
Watch "Unstoppable" a couple times and you will get all the info you need. :p
Any word on how the job interview went Newty?
I'm on an "alternate list". Not sure what constitutes the list, whether there are 2 or 22 I'm not sure where I stand.
They were hiring 12 and had 600 applicants. I guess I did ok. I'd rather be one of the 12. I'm eligible for the job for the next 6 months if the need exists.
Thanks for asking Jpetty.
Just got a conditional job offer!!! I'm as giddy as a 6 year old as disneyland!!!
Nice bro congratz, so is this at the RR or something else?
Whats the conditions? You will work for free?
LOL
Conductor for the BNSF Railroad. I almost work for free the first year. After that I'm set.
Congrats Newty - I'm sure you'll be running the place before too long.
(Note :grin: I said RUNNING not RUINING)
Congrats Newty, I'm sure that was a great phone call
My Gramps used to say it's like playing with your own big train set.
Congrats!!
Congrats, Very cool to have someone on the board can drive a train... childhood dreams....
Congrats Newty!
congrats on the new occupation..
have you gone out an purchased your striped overalls and conductor hat?
Congrats!
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yee haw - chugga chugga chugga - yee haw (or something like that).