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The pay and benefits were very competitive for the metro area.  However, the work environment is horrible.  Tout number of long term employees, 20+ years, with company.  Getting to know them, many are just are doing whatever it takes to keep job and reach ESOP early retirement requirements.  Vesting is 5 years and not a lot of people with more than 5 and less than 10 years.  Very cut throat and bloated middle management in which discrediting others seems to be the norm.  More managers with only 1 or 2 direct reports than any other company I have worked at.  Top leadership is totally disconnected and everything comes down to cost.  Don't show a profit 2 years in a row and Amsted replaces company leadership. So, anything associated with cutting cost or improving margin on paper is priority.  Makes sense because company is for profit, however profit as a priority over fixing quality issues?  Most departments in company that have to deal with customers and rep sales force have internal policy to not answer phone.  .

 Management openly plays favorites and speaking anything but praises for those folks will result in retaliation.  Manufacturing is not on-site and contempt for factory hourly isn't even hidden.  There is no formal training program for any job in the company, fortunately most co-workers are willing to help, although ones that have most knowledge DO NOT want to share it.  Company had steadily been losing market share due to poor quality and high price.  Pushes number of new products, most are either copied from competitors without improving performance or being lower cost, bought from someone else, or old products that had more options added.  

Majority of co-workers are nice people, although many are not nice to work with.  Great on-site cafe, and location would be perfect if within walking distance to light rail.  Saving grace is company bonus and ESOP programs in addition to 401k.  Good place if you have less than 5 years experience and need bigger/global company resume filler.  If you have it,move along-nothing here to see.

Been working for Amsted Rail (ASF Keystone) in Camp Hill PA since July 2015. Its awesome! Yes first 90 days your walking on eggshells but as long as your on time and show a willingness to learn the jobs supervisors are very tolerant and patient to assure you are trained correctly(taking notes is the key and they will even provide you a notebook). The biggest bummer is paying the 250.00 to join Teamsters(due by 30th day of work). After the 90 days you are home free. Now that doesnt mean you can screw off and get paid for nothing mind you, just as i said be on time and do your job (safely) and you will be well compensated and treated with dignity. I personally worked for almost 20yrs at Carlisle Syntec Inc and never had as professional relationship with management as I have at Amsted. They are not about quotas they are concerned with quality and employee safety. Let alone the Teamsters keep us(labor) and them(management) honest. So if your looking for a great job and outstanding benefits(23.00 a week for a single person medical,dental and vision. Plus 401k matching plan etc) then this is the place. And yes ladies we have several woman working the production floor along side the men. Any heavy lifting that goes along with the job is taken care of by cranes and lifting devices. We have a varied aged staff of Union employees from 19 years old to late 60s so how old you are doesnt matter. This goes without saying but we are a drug free work enviorment.  Around 20hr to start also.

I was employed by amsted for many years.  When I first started years ago it was a great place to work.  Each they had their pros and cons like every other company but I enjoyed the people in management and co workers.  Now that all the real managers have either retired or left amsted is a complete mess.  They absolutely do use the buddy system in management from the president all the way to supervisors, on top of supervisors not being qualified for the job they treat you like complete garbage.  Dont care about real issues only care about production.  It is extremely messy there.  They dont pay their employees what they should.  They always have a fall guy which I've witnessed in operations and engineering.  There is absolutely zero chance of moving up in the company if they dont like you then forget about moving into either management or out of the department you work in.  They cant get qualified people simply based off competitive pay.  They pump the esop program down your throat like it's great which it is but not how they make it sound.  Everyone in management twists the handbook and the rules to suit management and HR needs.  Management and the buddy system they imply will be the down fall of what used to be a good place to work

This place is a horrible place to work at. The culture here is the worst that I have ever seen. There are no advancement for minorities at all ( I'm caucasian ). You can go far in the 
maintenance department if you are part of the Good Ole Boys Network ( GOBN for short ). In the short time that I have been here I have seen willing and capable people get overlooked for positions just because of the color of their skin or they are not liked by the leader of the GOBN. I was not raised that way and I cant adapt to these ways. The hatred in this place is sickening to me. HR and mangement are enablers of this type of behavior. When real situations get brought to the forefront they are never addressed as needed. You will most likely get lied to about your concern. I have not been here that long and I have seen more maintenance personell trying to leave than I have ever seen anywhere else. When I first got here I was told to pay attention and I will pick up on things. That was  the truest statement that anyone has said to me since I started working here. This is not the place for me and hopefully I will be out of here soon.

Railroad industry is very unstable. Will have a couple of years where they hire hundreds of people and can't make castings fast enough and then a couple of down years where most people get laid off because there are no orders. 

Management preaches value of the person, but they are very two faced and don't value anything but money. The union workers get a few weeks notice when they will be laid off, but salaried workers don't. The day they decide to lay a salaried worker off is the day they find out they're getting laid off, so hope you can find a new job quickly and don't have a lot of bills to pay. Hard to start a family or buy a house when working here because you are constantly worried about being let go. 

If you have a degree and would have to relocate to work here, I would advise against it. Look elsewhere because these guys don't appreciate their talent.

Absolutely terrible engineering direction.

Priority disaster!!!!!!!!!!

After 6 years of contributing to the success of the company with multiple praises as a contributor, I got thrown to the streets with production as my #1 priority.

Arrival of new engineering management prevented the ability to maintain machines.  Ignorance, by THAT management, of existing machine functionality and needs, hindered production.  Machine production was compromised by focus on self progression (by new management) with projects that did not benefit current assets.

This organization is pathetic in the recognition of its devoted employees, the ones who are the sole contributor to the success of the company. Inadequate representation by management will be this company's downfall.

Maintenance salary is extremely low in comparison to neighboring companies in the same or similar industry. Salary is beneficial to new hires with little to no technical maintenance experience who typically come from industrial construction backgrounds are prime candidates. Usually, good to gain experience here and then to move onto Industrial facilities that pay 30%-40% more in wages. 

**Mechanics are hired at an hourly of $1 less than electricians.

Aside of employees who have been here for approx 20 years, the recent turn over rate has been high for maintenance who have been here under 5 years primarily due to low salary. 

-One of many looking

This was a great paying job with benefits after 90 days. Pretty easy jobs to do. Your rotated around to learn all machines. I was doing as well as workers that had been there for years. Never late, always kept myself professional. At day 89 I was let go and told there is no reason for this, it is an at will state so that's it. They had me preparing to get health benefits and was going to be paying union dues. Now, I'm confused and unemployed. I would say, management is the problem. I believe I was hired in for the reason of work with no benefits for 89 days then they will replace me and do the same to someone else. It is a Union jobs way of a loop hole. Be prepared to get let go at 89 days.

Incompetent upper management structure drove a large a large divide between departments, which caused a lot of inter-departmental discourse. Plant manager will sacrifice the jobs of those with a much longer company tenure than himself if it means meeting his bonus structure. 40% work force reduction within 2 year timeframe. Stated OHSA and EPA violations are disregarded by HSE manager. Pay is top tier, but isn't worth the stress.

Disorganized business, very clear they do not care to change it.

New hires often get jerks who are trainers. I seen one new hire get verbally yelled at by some trainer in a demeaning way, no excuse for that. You don't put someone with an angry personality in charge of training new people...but they did.

Also female employees get hit on, on a routine basis...seems this company doesn't have a co-worker conduct policy to address that issue...or if they do, they don't care to enforce it.

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