by skribwig
Hope this hasn't been posted already. I've just applied for a locomotive engineer trainee spot with Amtrak. I don't come from a railroad background or the military (only a year of ROTC in college), but I am a manufacturing engineer who's been away from home for the last 6 months. I usually fly home from Cleveland once every week for the weekend.
So work/life balance in my current role is non-existent. But I'm used to traveling and having to pull 70 hour work weeks for a month straight.
How might being an engineer on the bottom of the union totem poll compare? I've seen so many complaints from Amtrak employees saying they don't have a good home life because of how frequently they travel. I can't help but think, if I'm home more than 2 nights per week, it's already a big improvement.
So work/life balance in my current role is non-existent. But I'm used to traveling and having to pull 70 hour work weeks for a month straight.
How might being an engineer on the bottom of the union totem poll compare? I've seen so many complaints from Amtrak employees saying they don't have a good home life because of how frequently they travel. I can't help but think, if I'm home more than 2 nights per week, it's already a big improvement.