Norfolk Southern employee review: No Work/Life balance, Pays Well Railroads are struggling to replenish their workforces after cutting thousands of positions at the start of the pandemic. The company could have kept the shop workers busy if it hadnt decided last year to contract out 75 of the 100 locomotives that it is converting from DC to AC power giving only 25 locomotives to Juniata, he said. March 24, 2023 TWU as part of the Shop-Craft Coalition has Reached a Tentative Agreement with Amtrak. "There was more business out there this quarter, there has been more business out there throughout this year that we could not handle," he said on the Q3 earnings call. The job meant something, the pay and status meant something. Theyre unwilling to cut half a penny off their record-setting dividends to keep my people employed., Norfolk Southern spokesman Jeff DeGraff said in a release the layoffs are part of our long-term business plans to evolve our operations to best serve the needs of our customers. I The layoffs drew the ire of state Rep. Lou Schmitt, R-Altoona. The stock price ofNorfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC)reached its all-time high of around $295 in May before a recent sell-off resulting in NSC stock falling to $250 levels currently. Theyre unwilling tocut half a penny off their record-setting dividends to keep my people employed., Norfolk Southern spokesman Jeff DeGraff said in a release the layoffs arepart of our long-term business plans to evolve our operations to best serve the needs of our customers. Unions allege Norfolk Southern job cuts saddled engineers with other That didnt happen to him, because hes on second shift, and a first shift employee texted him a picture of the posting that included his name, he said. Topics covered: last mile, shipper-carrier relations, and trends in rail, ocean, air, truck, and parcel shipping. Hes 50, not a good age to try to start over, he said. Nov 11, 2021 Despite hiring efforts, employment numbers in 2021 remain below what they were last year when many of the furloughs and layoffs took place. Why the he-l would they expand Raleigh? But now its a struggle just to do the bare minimum and fly under the radar as not to get handled?!! UKRAINE - 2021/06/04: In this photo illustration, Norfolk Southern logo is seen on a smartphone screen. I figured its at least not like mechanical where they shut down your location and thats it no call backs ever. We also compare Norfolk Southerns revenue growth with its peers inNorfolk Southern (NSC) Revenue Comparisondashboard. Local elected officials have been discussing with Altoona Blair County Development Corp. how to help, state Sen. Judy Ward, R-Blair, said. Norfolk Southern on Pace for Largest Percent Increase Since May 2020