Hello All,
New guy here, i just wanted to share some information about NS and them being Military friendly for anyone who might be interested in applying in the future. Feel free to move this if i put it in the wrong spot.
I work for NS as a conductor in the Illinois division and i also happen to be in the Military, the reserve component but the Military nonetheless, and i do think that helped getting hired on, they do like to hire ex military guys. However, since coming to work for them i can't say that i've seen them be very friendly towards the military, they don't like you marking off for drill, they can't stop you obviously but they still don't like it, and god forbid you mark off for more than the 2 days a month the union agreement says you're allowed. I'm still fighting the management on paying two guarantee claims over that and so far the only way to get them to budge in any way is quoting USERRA laws and threatening them with possible legal action.
But on the flip side, i hear they might have a military themed engine coming out soon so they're obviously very military friendly.
Feel free to ask any questions about the hiring process, or working for NS and i'll try to answer them.
New guy here, i just wanted to share some information about NS and them being Military friendly for anyone who might be interested in applying in the future. Feel free to move this if i put it in the wrong spot.
I work for NS as a conductor in the Illinois division and i also happen to be in the Military, the reserve component but the Military nonetheless, and i do think that helped getting hired on, they do like to hire ex military guys. However, since coming to work for them i can't say that i've seen them be very friendly towards the military, they don't like you marking off for drill, they can't stop you obviously but they still don't like it, and god forbid you mark off for more than the 2 days a month the union agreement says you're allowed. I'm still fighting the management on paying two guarantee claims over that and so far the only way to get them to budge in any way is quoting USERRA laws and threatening them with possible legal action.
But on the flip side, i hear they might have a military themed engine coming out soon so they're obviously very military friendly.
Feel free to ask any questions about the hiring process, or working for NS and i'll try to answer them.