Topics regarding layoffs at Norfolk Southern Corp.

Topics regarding layoffs at Norfolk Southern Corp.

White sheeting

White sheeting almost complete for Chattanooga. The humpmto be shut down yet again

Don Hoagie is back

Don Hoagie aka Haygee has been on a rampage lately. Beware and be on the look out if you’re working in Conway…

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| 831 views | | 1 reply (March 14, 2024)
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Trying to re-invent the wheel

You can wrap it, bag it, box it, paint it, hide it even.... but no matter what you do to a tu-d, it's still a tu-d. Welcome back PSR. Why won't they just let us do what we know how to do. The railroads have been moving freight for over nearly 200... — read more 

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| 1150 views | | 5 replies (last March 24, 2024)
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Proxy War at NS

There is a brewing war at NS to oust the LOADS at the top.

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| 2690 views | | 23 replies (last March 26, 2024)
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Still forcing overtime

After 4 years of telling us it’s gonna stop Bellevue car shop is still forcing employees to work 16 hours DMO has said it would come to an end every year since

LOADS

Imagine if agreement cuts could be made by agreement employees voting for the biggest loads of their craft monthly for a year. Sadly the “workers” would get voted out. That’s the problem and always will be for the minority of union employees that... — read more 

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| 1232 views | | 7 replies (last March 28, 2024)
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BNSF Talent

Making room for more BNSF workers.

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| 831 views | | 1 reply (February 1, 2024)
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Wow, NS 7% Union layoff

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/norfolk-southern-to-reduce-non-union-workforce-by-7/ar-BB1hh0HE NS laying off 7% of their union employees, things starting to look tight around there.

P.S.R.

What happened to all the money they were going to make after starting P.S.R. there stock has turned to penny stocks and they get sued all the time. All I can do is laugh at these greedy clowns. They are just reeping what they have sown. ah ha ha... — read more 

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| 1811 views | | 3 replies (last November 15, 2023)
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Going Down The Tube

Conway mechanical is going down the tube fast, new management with some scared kool-aid filled old management ki-ling operations at record pace

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| 2711 views | | 18 replies (last February 8, 2025)
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Called back

I just got a call back after almost 4 years, but I have a good job currently that I don’t want to leave. If I went back to NS for 1 day would I still be able to get the 4 new sick days and the extra personal day paid out? I have PTO at current job... — read more 

This company has some stones...

Laid offs in 2020, 2021 due to "COVID19" despite working us all through 2020...Call backs in 2022 only a fraction of which came back. Did bother to hire to replace those that didn't return... Now, starting to force overtime due to a "labor shortage"... — read more 

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| 1531 views | | 3 replies (last November 1, 2023)
Post ID: @OP+1op2D3Pl

N.S. should be doing great

If you follow the N.S. guidebook to success , we should be making record profit. All the hiring is of the "melanin enriched" people, to get there experience into the mix. After all they said, this is the only way to be profitable. Instead, we have... — read more 

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| 1720 views | | 5 replies (last September 11, 2023)
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East End Shop

I read in the Roanoke Times that Genesis Rail has leased a portion of the shops. "The complex east of downtown Roanoke houses Genesis Rail Services. Not a railroad itself, Genesis maintains and builds track, manages derailments and handles heavy... — read more 

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| 1710 views | | 4 replies (last February 28, 2024)
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"Easy job" which is not easy at all

I really regret doubting myself so much and really believing that the manager's criticisms were justified. As time went on I was getting more and more stressed to the point of complete burnout. I can only imagine how many more people here are being... — read more 

Enola

The devil is on his way to enola as a DMMO . They’ll be employees loosing there jobs unfortunately

Looking back on RLS closing

Was the absolute best thing that ever happened to my family. Such a toxic environment. Horrible management that favored certain employees.. useless employees protected by the union. Schedule was horrible. I'm making twice the money now and am... — read more 

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| 2061 views | | 5 replies (last July 25, 2023)
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NS climate awards

I laughed and almost fell out of my chair. It’s true , Forbes gave NS a good award for their company activity’s doing good things for climate change and protecting the environment.

To take a recall or not

I would think 100 times before taking a recall. However, I assume that there are many more people who would go back than those who wouldn't?

Q1 2023 earnings result

Earning results will be announced on April 26th. I can’t wait to see the results. Any predictions?

Management should practice what they preach

So I wonder if management will take a page from their own book that every accident is preventable? Examine all the changes they made to see if they were the cause? Have a hearing with themselves? Put themselves on the street? Fire themselves? Make... — read more 

NORFOLK SOUTHERN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Just a reminder that all employment with Norfolk Southern is VOLUNTARY. You can't handle the culture or it don't fit your narrative then don't let the door hit your caboose on the way out.

Forced over time

How is the company getting away with forcing carman to work 16 hours sometimes 5 days In a row? Then getting on the news and talking about how they are doing every thing they can to run trains safely. Try inspecting a train on your fifth forced... — read more 

In the news now

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/east-palestine-train-derailment/norfolk-southern-railroad-safety-training-begins-following-2-ohio-train-derailments-a-month-apart

It doesn’t matter anyway!

Like the tittle says! It doesn’t matter how many derailments happen! You can’t haul the nasty sh-t on the roads. This country has to have the railroad unfortunately. Yeah I’m Bias bc I’m one of the many Carmen that got thrown out on the street bc of ... — read more 

Ohio sues NS

State of Ohio is suing NS for long term costs associated with toxic burn/ derailment.

How much is enough?

One month in Ohio two derailments and an employee/brother lost his life …Im tired of this … Corporate Greed is Evil . NS nuked a town , narrowly avoided a second instance and now a conductor has lost his life . Jesus Christ please hold these... — read more 

The carman

Carman have been layed off in ever increasing amounts as of late. If they had enough carman, the derailment in palistine oh. would have never happened. Let this be a lesson that car kn-----s are the backbone of the railroad.......Period

Layoffs. .. cutting corners... costing lives

See what happened in Ohio?...get use to it...NS laid off so many Carmen...rail cars... trains go uninspected..before leaving yards....just to save a dollar....this is just the beginning...

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| 2770 views | | 15 replies (last March 3, 2023)
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What raise?

T&E here…With the “raise” and increase in our cost for health insurance, I’m making less now if I have to claim guarantee than I was before the “raise.” Pretty much what we all knew would happen.

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| 1780 views | | 7 replies (last February 2, 2023)
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