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• Things ran smoothly and everything was fine tuned. Work load was expertly administered. Training was more than adequate and easily available. The staff included some parasites, but, on balance and comparatively, it was good too: mostly conscientious, dedicated, reliable, and a credit to the company.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 28 July 2016 by Rater #546 | Comments (2) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Great company to work for! They treat their employees very well and care about them as individuals. Would recommend anyone looking for a job in the train industry to apply with this company!
  CN changed my life.
  Thank you CN for everything.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 14 May 2016 by Rater #545 | Comments (3) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Things ran smoothly and everything was fine tuned. Work load was expertly administered. Training was more than adequate and easily available. The staff included some parasites, but, on balance and comparatively, it was good too: mostly conscientious, dedicated, reliable, and a credit to the company.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 30 April 2016 by Rater #543 | Comments (1) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Any GOOD reviews you read about this company must be written by people paid by CN to specifically do so. This is one of the WORST companies you can ever give your life to. Literally and figuratively. Safety should come first in a transportation industry but this company has forgotten that.
  
  There is zero work/family life balance. It is all about the shareholder's dollar profit. 40 recently hired and trained Mechanic Apprentices have just been laid off even thought this company has just posted BILLIONS of dollars profit!! Sound good to you?
  
  Management is extremely hostile, aggressive, irrational. They threaten, intimidate and harass, often suspending or firing with little cause. Supervisors are told they MUST complete at least one "investigation" per day to find a fault with an employee - making their quota for their bonus $$$.
  
  Employees with medical or health issues are frequently targeted and thought of as "the weak one in the herd" so if you have any issues expect to be harassed daily.
  
  NOT a pleasant place to work. The stress and treatment will wear you down. Look elsewhere for employment if you value sanity and quality of life. It's become an unsafe company to work for.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 1 March 2016 by Rater #540 | Comments (1) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Well it looks like management hired someone to write a bunch of false reviews. As a current employee in the running trades all these rosey statements are a crock. Cn is by far the worst place I have ever worked and wouldn't recommend it to anyone.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 23 February 2016 by Rater #539 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• haute direction deconnecter de la base
   

  Posted on 10 January 2016 by Rater #538 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• CN is the worst of Scrooge all year long. It treats its' employees as expendable merchandise. Their values: "social and environmental responsibility, cultural diversity, equity, respect of employees" is a load of bull. Their only value is to their bottom line, its' shareholders, and those who hold cushy positions in the company. Their tactic is to intimidate, belittle, run you down until you have no choice but to either fight or flight.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 17 November 2015 by Rater #536 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Having just left the company I can say that is the worst managed company I have ever worked for. An aggressive and belittling structure that only ever finds fault. It is a toxic and caustic environment to work in.
  In my role of ATS - Home life is non-existent with expectations of 24hr-7 day on call availability and although the pay and benefits are reasonable this in no way compensates.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 9 October 2015 by Rater #534 | Comments (1) | Flag as inappropriate

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• An american management model where they exploit their personal to unexceptable levels. Management will nickle and dime the employees in order to increase their own salary bonuses. I have witnessed management hired that dont even have the basic concept of their job. These new managers are taught how to grade their employees based on a performance rating ideal called pmrc's in which they are expected to generate a minimum per month of approximately 27 and are expected to have failures!
  A failure is usually 1st a written notice 2nd time a minimum of 15 demerits and every time after its doubled and once you have accumulated 60 you're fired! Many are fired rightaway with the mentality of let them fight for their jobs thst will teach them and by the way i have never had a demerit in 17 years because i learned to stand up and be accountable with defiance.
  
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  Posted on 15 September 2015 by Rater #531 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I was wondering if any of the comments here were written by anyone who had actually worked in this company. I did, for 30 years.
  
  If you work in the running trades you get paid very well for sacrificing your quality of life. Some people thrive on it and others get eaten up by it. You have to be able to live with the on-call 24 hours and having people looking over your shoulder to make it.
  
  If you work in a support area of any kind in management (engineering/equipment/etc) you will get thrown into running trade training and used a cheap replacement workers for strikes and shortages. I use training loosely, because I was acting as a full road conductor with a couple of days training and zero trip experience (even as an observer).
  
  Don't expect sympathy or help from the running trades while you learn that job (you are considered the enemy by many of them, which is somewhat understandable). You will usually not get any extra compensation for working these shortages and they will drive you harder than the union staff because you don't have their contract to protect you. If you go this route, learn the government regs on hours of service so they don't screw you over.
  
  As for the job itself, I actually liked it quite a bit, saw a lot of great country and worked on some interesting jobs with some great people. Railroaders in general are some of the best people to work with there are, but I suppose they have to be to put up with the work environment.
  
  I think the company vision and catchphrases are 90% PR, when the real bottom line is the quarterly results and making them favourable so that the higher management makes their bonuses and options pay off. If the company ever developed a vision that looked past quarterly and annual results it could improve, but that isn't going to happen.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 3 September 2015 by Rater #530 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• awesome so far  

  Posted on 9 July 2015 by Rater #524 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• For me, the salary was the clincher. Highly functional organization, with operations across the country. The overly sensitive, and those who can't follow orders, should apply elsewhere.  

  Posted on 30 June 2015 by Rater #521 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• As an individual who was recruited by this company to perform one off and project IT work for their canadian Network, I found them to be consistent to work for with very few complaints. My recruiter was very well organized and in most cases a pleasure to deal with. The Money was well ABOVE standards for my talents and payment was always on time. I would say communication and ease of submissions is one of their best qualities.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 29 June 2015 by Rater #520 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• CN has a strategic and well-developed business model that relies heavily upon its employees to engage, educate and mentor people across the GTA. Our company employees is met, and strongly values the time and effort that its employees put in. I'm very happy to have been part of the early phases of CN.
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  Posted on 27 June 2015 by Rater #519 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I really enjoyed working here at the company they call "CN". The atmosphere was so friendly and inviting as well as the work itself was so interesting. I gained mass amounts of experience during my time there at "CN" and all of the partners give great insight.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 23 June 2015 by Rater #518 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• One of the rare companies where top management is competent and knows the rail business. It's not that some MBA degree guys control something which they even has no idea about. Most of our managers just have a high school diploma and know how to make things work on the ground. It makes big difference.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 22 June 2015 by Rater #517 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Amazing feeling to be surrounded by many smart and humble people, working together to acheive the very best and change the world to the better.. one day at a time. That's what we do at CN.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 20 June 2015 by Rater #516 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Amazing feeling to be surrounded by many smart and humble people, working together to acheive the very best and change the world to the better.. one day at a time. That's what we do at CN.
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  Posted on 18 June 2015 by Rater #515 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Things ran smoothly and everything was fine tuned. Work load was expertly administered. Training was more than adequate and easily available. The staff included some parasites, but, on balance and comparatively, it was good too: mostly conscientious, dedicated, reliable, and a credit to the company.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 14 June 2015 by Rater #514 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I've worked for this company for one year. I've found this to be one of the better working environments in my career (35+years). As with all companies nowadays, cost control is important, but remove that and you have a company that wants to succeed using every aspect of their resources, that also means their employees. They welcome good ideas.
  They use agile project management and while this tool does not work perfectly with all fields of work, it is done in a friendly way and people are encouraged to participate and give their opinions.
  For me, this was a positive and creative environment. Sure, you'll earn your pay, but for anybody that is willing to put quality in, you will get quality out.
  I would work there again anytime.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 12 June 2015 by Rater #513 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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