Norfolk Southern Corporation Environment Employee Reviews | Comparably
Norfolk Southern Corp is one of the nation's premier transportation companies. NS is a Fortune 300 and a 2017 Forbes America's Best Employers Top 100 Company. read more
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Norfolk Southern Corporation Environment Employee Reviews

What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

Coworkers and field personnel overall working together is great on our team. It can vary with other groups, so knowing about each one makes a difference.

Review from IT Dept

Leaders listen to feedback and take action

Allowing open conversation and engagement from our members.

Review from Engineering Dept

The interaction between the employees

The most positive thing is your 2 rest days away from work

The end of the shift

As we focus on providing the most value to our customers and stakeholders. The company has undergone a lot of cuts, the environment is always changing - its feels like a start up right now.

Review from Operations Dept

The over safety and the culture of being your brother and sister keeper

Review from Engineering Dept

Other coworkers and the constantly changing work

Review from Operations Dept

Just working without management around looking down there noses.

Review from Engineering Dept

This is a company with nearly two hundred years of history. Its great to look back and see where we are going.

Pay rate is higher than other companies

Review from Engineering Dept

Positive atmosphere great .all strive for excellance.

Review from Operations Dept

There is none, it is a extremely hostile and toxic work atmosphere

Review from Operations Dept

There are too many environments throughout our company to say. Mine is fine because I am left alone for eight hours.

Review from Operations Dept

Trainmaster has really been in touch with crews to let them get the work done safely and timely but make decisions on how it's done and not over manage every situation

Review from Product Dept

Nothing at all.. it's depressing

Review from Engineering Dept

I enjoy interaction with my fellow employees. Almost like a brotherhood

Review from Engineering Dept

Very supportive and always ready to help

Review from Product Dept

Got rid of a certain ADE and the morale of the men went way high

Review from Engineering Dept

What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Pay better. Better equipment. More people.

Treat employees like people, built new headquarters with restaurant, daycare, etc., told to mingle with others. Crew stations are bare bones and give the feeling of get to work or go home

Start placing employees first. Stop harassing your employees over little things. Show your employees you are there to support them and you are there to help and not discipline

More focus needs to be placed on improving employee morale.

Focus on customer service while there is still time.

Better work life balance is needed for the operational team

Contracts, wages, management, lifestyle, more employees

Think about employees rather than just stockholders

Stop the greed that is ruining a great job.

More focus on employee teamwork and trust

The entire leadership team needs to go.

Review from Operations Dept

An outside company needs to do a independent investigation to the conduct of those in power positions then you can get to the bottom or a worker needs to take notes of all issues that they see and have documentation to prove facts cause the company will pay to get themselves out of trouble

Review from Engineering Dept

Positive rienforcement on all levels. Vulture capitalism has taken over the company, therefore eliminating jobs and putting stress/anxiety on employees and families. No collaboration between corporate and field service employees.

Review from Operations Dept

Better treatment of your workers. Show us that we actually matter instead of laying us off like we never meant anything to the growth of your company

Review from Operations Dept

Trainmasters need to stop trying to fire everyone. Employees need to have more respect for each other.

Review from Operations Dept

When you fear for your job every second your working, how can you preform well and work safely?

Review from Operations Dept

Need better more positive feedback from our supervisors maybe more insensitives less negatives

Review from Operations Dept

Management needs to change and compensated for our troubles

Review from Operations Dept

Appreciate employees make mistakes a learning tool not a dismissale

Review from Operations Dept

Everything needs to change from starting from the top, especially in IT.

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About Norfolk Southern Corporation's Environment

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46/100

Where This Score Ranks Norfolk Southern Corporation's Environment

BOTTOM
5%

In the Bottom 5% of 1188 similar size companies on Comparably

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Not enough ratings to compare against companies in Virginia Beach, VA

5th

5th place versus 5 competitors rated on Comparably

The environment at Norfolk Southern Corporation is considered positive by 19% of employees and regarded as having a “moderate” work pace by 133 employees. Norfolk Southern Corporation ranks in the Bottom 5% of 1188 similar sized companies (10,000+ Employees) on Comparably.

Rate Environment the Highest

  • Department - IT
    +36%
  • Department - Customer Support
    +30%
  • Tenure - 1 to 2 Years
    +24%

Rate Environment the Lowest

  • Ethnicity - Hispanic or Latino
    -10%
  • Department - Operations
    -4%
  • Experience - 3 to 6 Years
    -2%

How Norfolk Southern Corporation's Environment Score is Calculated

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Results from 362 Employees in All Departments, All Genders, All Ethnicities and All Yrs. Experience Experience

AnswerPercent
7 or less8%
831%
1028%
1221%
More than 1212%
On average, how many hours do you work a day?
AnswerPercent
Extremely fast18%
Comfortably fast16%
Moderate37%
A bit slow8%
Bureaucratic21%
What's the work pace at your company?
AnswerPercent
Positive19%
Negative81%
Is your work environment positive or negative?
AnswerPercent
Yes57%
No43%
Does someone you work with closely, make you want to quit your job?
AnswerPercent
Yes61%
No39%
Do you have a close friend at work?
AnswerPercent
5% or Less32%
5-10%18%
10-25%18%
25-50%11%
50%+21%
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