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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by ValleyX I hired out a long time ago, long before they used the present methods of hiring and I really can't believe that they're getting a better quality employee than they did then. Although I will say that had they had drug testing back then, there's probably quite a few "old heads" today who would've never been hired. [tdn] [:D] [/quote] Well, there's a few things leaving me a tad confused. They say that once you get 5+ years of seniority, you can start bidding on regular jobs So, IN THEORY anyway, I guess that means you could get a nice job working a local, or the yard,...where your hours make SOME sense.. But then they say that all conductors MUST, after one year, take the locomotive engineers test.....and potentially become an Engineer. Taking this test is not an option, it is mandatory.....and if you don't pass, you are out the door,...you cannot revert back to just being a conductor...if you don't pass the engineers test. One might say "Where's the harm of that? EVERYONE wants to be an engineer, anyway" right? Well, that may be true. At this point I'd say that the opportunity to become an engineer is just far enough into the future that it's a non-issue/non-goal for me. The thing that gets me is that the combination of the thought processes does not make sense. To wit: HTH are you going to become a conductor with enough seniority to hold down a desireable route, if "after one year all conductors must become engineers"? ... Of course, if you become an engineer, your one year of seniority is just plain GONE, cause when you become an engineer you go directly to the bottom of that list, and forever forget about being a conductor.. So, something about the stories they've told, don't quite jive.. Me thinks they really don't need conductors, they need engineers, and the year one would spend as a conductor, is merely a prerequiste to the engineers job... (if that makes any sense) I say that because despite the job offer to "hire on as a conductor" there really is no career opportunity to become and stay as a conductor.
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