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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98 [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by kpac Thanks for the advice csx engineer. I do have a wife and family,am in my 30's. The irregular hours shouldn't be too much a burden on the family, I already work weekends and holidays often returning to work after 8 hours off. Of even greater concern is pay day, from what I gather a conductor with a couple of years on makes about what I do now. How long would I endure a reduced salary? Likely hood of furlough? And how would operations differ in Chicago as to other parts of the country?Thanks again for your replys. [/quote]weekends and holidays are only part of the issue.... you might work 12 hours on the road...get home and be right back out the door on your rest agin... with only a few hours at home.... keep in mind..its being called for duty at any time...1 am..1 pm... makes no differance...the phone will ring at any hour of the day... and railroad work is funny... it might be booming for a few weeks..lots of trains running..and then all of the sudden..drop off to next to nothing for a bit too..its feast or fammon on the rail road... as far as telling you how long you will indure a reduced salary..that is imposable to tell... you might get lucky and work like mad and work as much as you want..or you might be kicked around from job to job trying to make a paycheck.... its not uncommon for some of the younger emplyees to mark up on a job..only to get bumped off if it hours or mintes later after takeing it...it has happend to me a few times over the years too... the higher you are up on the senority roster the better you sit... but no way to realy gauge that untill you get the job... life is a gamble..and the railroad jobs are no differnt csx engineer [/quote]
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