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Florida East Coast Railway

What is the best part of working at the company?
It was a "Boy hood" dream fulfilled.im what folks call a "Railroad Buff". A hobby turned into employment. The pay was good and good benefits.its the best job a high school education will get for you.ever since I was three(3) years old, I wanted to be a locomotive Engineer. And FEC is the best R.R. to work for.( At least in my opinion). 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The weird hours.being on call 24/7 on the extra board. Except for eight (8) hours after a tour of duty.( They could call you back for another tour of duty after that 8 hours off for that last tour of duty. Until you build up enough seniority to hold a regular job. ( Bid off of the extra board with your seniority for a regular assignment if you have enough of it to hold that advertised job).

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You are subject to work in all kinds of weather, you may be spending a lot of time away from your home terminal in another terminal in motels between trips or tour of duty ( yard or local freight service). Walking on foot on all types of terrain. If in thru-freight service, if a wayside defect detector stops you for a possible defect in your train that maybe as much as 1 to 3 miles long, if you are the conductor, you may have to walk the intire length of that train depending on how many axles/ feet back it is to either fix the problem or set the defective car out.you will have to pass the operating rules exam from the rule book an inch thick.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
As I said, you are subject to go on duty at any hour of the day or night and they can work you for up to 12 hours.and back in the day, they could call you back in 8 hrs.and, some jobs worked 7 days a week. Today thanks to the union's you have to have 10 hrs off and can only work so many hrs a month now.

Only good thing about FEC is railroad retirement,  nothing else. Pay is average, no OT because they are cheap & use contractors for everything. Not allowed to better yourself and advance because of jealous immature managers. They will set you up and fire you. Stay far away from this railroad. Not worth it at all. Liars, phony people. Just a sad terrible work environment, especially for the workforce that keeps the trains moving in a safe efficient fashion. Force the workers to obtain commercial licenses without any type of reimbursement or company training, want you to do 2-3 jobs per worker instead of hiring more people or putting up more jobs for bid. Poor upper management for sure. 

This company is very hostile. I was never dress coded at any place I worked at until coming here and that’s coming from some larger more professional corporations. Someone in HR commented daily on my clothing. The HR department is like a high school environment- very unprofessional and uncomfortable to be around. It is a good ol’ boy merit system and very gossipy from some of the senior level leaders.  It’s a very unorganized company with some of the long time employees on power trips.  I couldn’t get away from this place fast enough. 

There's a lot of secrets and folks promoting themselves without posting job announcements.  These folks are not necessarily the most qualified for the job.  There is no career training or development, and the communication here is absolutely terrible.  The pay is lower than industry standard.  When Grupo Mexico took over, they stopped paying bonuses and cost of living raises.  They also used to run a Christmas train with Toys for Tots and Grupo no longer participates in this.  Good stepping stone if you are lucky enough for someone here to like you enough to give you a job, but don't stay here if you care about advancing your career.  

After working for FEC for many years, I regret having invested a large part of my youth in a company that is runned by liars that claim "safety first" when in reality nothing is further from the truth. They will look the other way when any employee breaks a rule, as long as it benefits the company,but if something is to go wrong while you are doing it they will throw the book at you unless you kiss butt. Promotions to lower management are only given to low lives, who  have no morals,as long as they develope instant amnesia, so that they can deny how they use to break rules, cheat, slack, steal, among other things

At the onset of your employment, you will be placed on the extra board, which comes with the responsibility of being on call 24/7 along with other extra board colleagues. Your work schedule will be rotated and may include weekends. noted that there are no fixed days off for extra board employees, and your time off will be determined by job requirements. While compensation is reasonable, benefits such as healthcare and railroad retirement are outstanding, but they do come with a 30-year commitment to the railroad industry and retirement at age 60.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The management of this company is TOXIC. If you are hourly unionized you should be good. Do not take a Director or Manager role.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Zero leadership…you are nothing to this company. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Keep your eyes and ears open and mouth shut.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Kiss the ring, what you think is right course of action…will most probably be wrong.

Great company to work for. Unfortunately, there are people resistance to change, therefore they have problems adapting to the new culture of FECR. The only thing it would be amazing is if Grupo understood that FECR is in America, and people here gets bonuses and merit increases in the first quarter of the year, not last.

Poor Management and Training - No Worklife Balance. They will grind you until you have nothing left and will not think twice when you leave or get fired. Use and abuse atmosphere. There is a terrible trend of hiring people who are far past there prime and looking to finish off the years needs to get retirement.

I literally had to time my bathroom breaks. I was given grief for taking a full hour lunch . The expectation was for you to come in early, work through lunch, not take breaks, and stay until everything was done ... all while being paid in the mid-30s. You didn't even get a desk, just one long table with computers set up shoulder to shoulder with your peers. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Machinist 10 salaries reported	$31.42 per hour
Carman 5 salaries reported	$30.22 per hour
Trackman 12 salaries reported	$23.65 per hour
Conductor 9 salaries reported	$36.14 per hour
Driver 8 salaries reported	$21.80 per hour

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