Anyone work for the railroad?

[MRH]

My brother in law works for NS. He was furloughed indefinitely. They brought him back after like 16 months. I am going to try to steer clear of them for now. That makes me nervous.

Oh yeah, I don't blame you if that is the case. I had no idea.

Is railroad union? I believe they are.

After 10 years service to your city, county or state as a paramedic you should have some kind of vested retirement. Unless you work for a private service. If you do have the vested retirement and you are still fairly young, I would probably do the same thing you're considering. Especially if you're unhappy and wishful of a change. I do know the railroad has an excellent retirement, and with a 10 year vested retirement, plus SS (if there is such a thing by the time you retire), you will probably do OK later on in life. That's just one more reason I wish I had served 20 years in the military. Sorry for the longwinded post.

 

[mikey357]

PM sent....mikey357

 

[RIDDLE]

Oh yeah, I don't blame you if that is the case. I had no idea.

Is railroad union? I believe they are.

After 10 years service to your city, county or state as a paramedic you should have some kind of vested retirement. Unless you work for a private service. If you do have the vested retirement and you are still fairly young, I would probably do the same thing you're considering. Especially if you're unhappy and wishful of a change. I do know the railroad has an excellent retirement, and with a 10 year vested retirement, plus SS (if there is such a thing by the time you retire), you will probably do OK later on in life. That's just one more reason I wish I had served 20 years in the military. Sorry for the longwinded post.

My county has zero retirement. I have had to all of it myself. I figure I am only 30 so if I am going to make a change now would be the time

 

[RIDDLE]

You will work A LOT! You will work holidays! You will be expected to be at work come snow, volcanic eruptions, tornados, or a zombie apocalypse! They really really work on seniority there, you will have to wait for someone to die or retire and you will have to climb the ladder to get the job and shift you want. GREAT retirement! They really like hiring active and previous military personnel, I have a brother in law that is a supervisor for Norfolk Southern, he hates it but he hates everything and everyone besides being over in the sandbox.

That sound like what I do now! I work 72 hrs a week, work weekends and holidays. We don't shut down for any weather either. I'm just tired of dealing with entitled people that call for BS reasons because Medicaid will pay for it. They talk to us like dogs and we supposed to lay down wag our tail. The serious calls don't bother me. It is what I am trained to do.

 

[Nick_T]

Just had a guy hired out from under me by the railroad. He is/was a great worker and hated to see him go but I had no carrot big enough to dangle in front of him that would compete with $34/hr and 90% retirement.

Nick T

 

[MRH]

My county has zero retirement. I have had to all of it myself. I figure I am only 30 so if I am going to make a change now would be the time

Man that bites! You are still very young, however, and can easily switch careers and never look back. And with your schooling and experience you can always go back to being a paramedic if need be....Only next time try to get on with a city or county that has a vested retirement. Gives a man much more incentive to stick around. Best of luck

 

[shadowchaser59]

Go for it and don't hesitate

 

[nbarnett]

It has to be better than what I have been doing.

The grass is always greener over the septic tank

 

[NWSharpshooter]

I hired out as a conductor with the BNSF in 2003. They paid to put me through 13 weeks of training. I graduated from the training, marked up, worked three weeks and broke my thumb. They said I lied about how I did it and fired me more dishonesty. Never worked a day for them again.

Railrway companies are almost always closed shop union. The railroad spends 100,000 dollars hiring and training you, and then spends the rest of your career trying to fire you. I loved the job, it was my dream job. Is pent three years trying to get it and it was gone in a second.


Oh, and he record, the union did nothing for me. The UTU was more interested in how much money they could get out of me than fighting to save my job.

if you like to travel, have a flexible schedule, and can deal with the union bull**** it is a great job. I would do it again in a second if I could. My heart breaks a little bit every time I hear a train whistle.



Kick em, and highball the switches!

 

[atljetmech]

I had a buddy work for NS while furloughed and he said it was the worst job he ever had....