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Re: Difficult getting a RR job.
Author: Mitch
Date: 01-15-2013 - 10:20
Interesting - I got the opposite impression, at least here on the Eastcoast with NS.
I'm not an employee, but I know some young photographers that suddenly went from mall jobs (or no jobs) to full time with NS. One day they simply started posting that they were in training in another state and a few months later - maybe more, but within a year or so, they had a job at NS as an engineer. Great pay, too.
The catch - on call 24/7. Often will get a call to head over to a near by yard (nearby as in NS paid for expenses at a hotel (or would help out with expenses for an apartment or house). Once at the yard, often meant taking a taxi to bring a train back but not always.
I was told he was extremely fortunate to land a job local to his "residence" and not requiring long distance trips with overnight stays. Kind of like instance seniority.
I guess when you are in an area in demand, you end up in a much better situation.
/Mitch
I'm not an employee, but I know some young photographers that suddenly went from mall jobs (or no jobs) to full time with NS. One day they simply started posting that they were in training in another state and a few months later - maybe more, but within a year or so, they had a job at NS as an engineer. Great pay, too.
The catch - on call 24/7. Often will get a call to head over to a near by yard (nearby as in NS paid for expenses at a hotel (or would help out with expenses for an apartment or house). Once at the yard, often meant taking a taxi to bring a train back but not always.
I was told he was extremely fortunate to land a job local to his "residence" and not requiring long distance trips with overnight stays. Kind of like instance seniority.
I guess when you are in an area in demand, you end up in a much better situation.
/Mitch
