Training - Anonymous employee CN Employee Review

4.0
26 Apr 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The whole process takes 6 months from Winnipeg to qualified conductor

Cons

Disgruntle employees given trainees to evaluate them even though they don’t want to train them. If they don’t like you they will give you a bad report and then you get called by the union. All because they are frustrated or fatigued and don’t want to train in the first place.

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Its what you make of it. Good union job with good benefits

Cons

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CN Response
3mo
Thank you for your feedback and for your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great benefits. We thank you for moving our business and the economy forward. Please share your thoughts with your manager and on your regular Interaction surveys.
4.0
13 Apr 2026
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Pros

Pays decently well for first job out of college. My manager and team are very reasonable with expectations placed on new hires. Working after office hours (past 4:30pm) is extremely rare and only expected in emergencies.

Cons

Very slow and/or limited job growth potential. Promotions into middle management are almost purely based on reputation with middle managers who are largely people with previous field experience. This is very disadvantageous to direct-from-college hires like myself and even my current manager.

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CN Response
2mo
Thank you for your feedback and for your hard work. We pride ourselves on providing our team members with great pay. With a 24/7/365 operation CN could not function without its dedicated employees. We thank you for moving our business and the economy forward. Remember to leverage your development plan to have career discussions with your leader and please share your thoughts on your regular Interaction surveys.
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