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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by ValleyX Five years to bid on jobs? Wonder where that came from. Once you've established your seniority and have been turned loose as a fully qualified conductor, you can bid on any job that comes up for bid. Naturally, with low seniority, you probably won't get it but never hesitate to bid on a job because you get fooled sometimes, pleasantly so. As for going to engineer's school in a year, probably not. I know that's what they tell you but it really isn't true. Within five years, probably so. Now, in some locations, the need for engineers is more acute than others, Elkhart is one place I know of. In your location, they're going after about five years of service on the railroad. There's an acute need for conductors so that they can send the older conductors to engine school. Until they get some of the newer people in place, they hold off on sending the older people. Once you become a promoted engineer, it doesn't mean that you'll work as an engineer all the time. It's all seniority and being set up on the extra board in seniority order. If the boards slows, the company cuts it back and then you go "back on the ground", meaning you work as a conductor again. The baby boomer effect is going to start kicking in soon on the railroad and there's going to be a big turnover in the next 5-8 years, if you've got longer than that to work and they hire you and you stick it out, you'll be an engineer. [/quote] Thanks for all the extra info.... I think when they said "5 years to bid on jobs", the way they meant it was being able to bid with reasonable hope for success,. given the general seniority of my peer employees.. Perhaps the talk of "engineer" was intended as a lure, for those who aspire to be one... extra bait...etc It just seemed odd that they were saying 2 different things at once.. Well, we'll just see...They said I'd know by 5 pm Tuesday if they could use me....
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