RR Employment: What am I doing wrong?

[Anonymous]

Well, I received a response from BNSF for a system engineer (IT) job that I currently have experience in.
I got the generic automated response letter to my online application saying blah blah blah adios, etc.
Maybe they will be more interested in me for the positions I am "not" already qualified for.
LOL!

[wabash1]

Ed

Just because you get a dui dont mean you lose your engineers lic. if you have a dui before going to engine service you wont get one. but the last person who recieved a dui on our road was watch continously to see if he showed up drunk. if there been a problem then he was to be fired.

[wabash1]

Ed

Just because you get a dui dont mean you lose your engineers lic. if you have a dui before going to engine service you wont get one. but the last person who recieved a dui on our road was watch continously to see if he showed up drunk. if there been a problem then he was to be fired.

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard
Mookie was all set to knock over a Hersey's boxcar, but noooo...someone had to go and talk.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[V] The blabbermouth! I will get them for that, too! Just as soon as I find out who!

Mookie

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard
Mookie was all set to knock over a Hersey's boxcar, but noooo...someone had to go and talk.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[V] The blabbermouth! I will get them for that, too! Just as soon as I find out who!

Mookie

[edblysard]

Yes Tim,
They do.
In fact they check you through the FBI also.
If you have a DUI, or DWI, you dont get hired. If your a current employee, and you have either, you lose your engineer license.
Kinda hard to set up your own mafia now that you put it out on a public web site.
Mookie was all set to knock over a Hersey's boxcar, but noooo...someone had to go and talk.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[edblysard]

Yes Tim,
They do.
In fact they check you through the FBI also.
If you have a DUI, or DWI, you dont get hired. If your a current employee, and you have either, you lose your engineer license.
Kinda hard to set up your own mafia now that you put it out on a public web site.
Mookie was all set to knock over a Hersey's boxcar, but noooo...someone had to go and talk.
Stay Frosty,
Ed

[Anonymous]

The Conrail Boy'z articles have been in several newspaper's. Sounds to me, the money is not in working for the railroad. The money is in knocking off the cars that ride on the railroad. If we were to organize, come up with a coded message system using this WEB site, with all the contacts we have over the rail system, we can make BOO-KOO bucks. Are criminal back ground checks required to work for the railroad?? Were I work they took are finger-prints and ran them. Do railroads do the same??
TIM A

[Anonymous]

The Conrail Boy'z articles have been in several newspaper's. Sounds to me, the money is not in working for the railroad. The money is in knocking off the cars that ride on the railroad. If we were to organize, come up with a coded message system using this WEB site, with all the contacts we have over the rail system, we can make BOO-KOO bucks. Are criminal back ground checks required to work for the railroad?? Were I work they took are finger-prints and ran them. Do railroads do the same??
TIM A

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ney1815

I applied online at the each RR's website.
I am not a railfan, but I do like railroads and its technology, the same way I worked in IT and enjoyed the technology.
I have had no response at all yet...
Yes, Bush is really ticking me off...I now have no one to vote for...The Rebublicans are for big business and the Democrats are only pro worker for minorities.
Maybe I will vote for that guy in Alaska's dog.

[;)] vote for Ed - maybe he will run!

Mook

[Mookie]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ney1815

I applied online at the each RR's website.
I am not a railfan, but I do like railroads and its technology, the same way I worked in IT and enjoyed the technology.
I have had no response at all yet...
Yes, Bush is really ticking me off...I now have no one to vote for...The Rebublicans are for big business and the Democrats are only pro worker for minorities.
Maybe I will vote for that guy in Alaska's dog.

[;)] vote for Ed - maybe he will run!

Mook

[Anonymous]

Thats pretty good then.
I was afraid it was one or the other.
Sounds like a good deal.
Now if I can just land a RR job!

[Anonymous]

Thats pretty good then.
I was afraid it was one or the other.
Sounds like a good deal.
Now if I can just land a RR job!

[edblysard]

Yup, you pay into the railroad retirement boards fund, then, when you retire from the railroad, you draw that first.
When that is exhausted, then and only then do you draw your SS benifit.
Ed

[edblysard]

Yup, you pay into the railroad retirement boards fund, then, when you retire from the railroad, you draw that first.
When that is exhausted, then and only then do you draw your SS benifit.
Ed

[Anonymous]

Thx bro...I am looking at the CSX site right now....its a slow loader!
BTW, can anyone explain how Social Security is effected by working for the railroad?
I understand there is a RR Social Security?
Does that mean if I have 20 years contributing to Social Security at age 41, that if I work for the RR...I contribute to a seperate fund...
So for example...if I work for 10 years on the RR....when I retire its either SS or RRSS not both and if I take SS, its minus the 10 years I contributed to the RR SS?
Correct?

[Anonymous]

Thx bro...I am looking at the CSX site right now....its a slow loader!
BTW, can anyone explain how Social Security is effected by working for the railroad?
I understand there is a RR Social Security?
Does that mean if I have 20 years contributing to Social Security at age 41, that if I work for the RR...I contribute to a seperate fund...
So for example...if I work for 10 years on the RR....when I retire its either SS or RRSS not both and if I take SS, its minus the 10 years I contributed to the RR SS?
Correct?

[Anonymous]

I DONT KNOW YOUR AGE OR YOUR LOCATION IN THE US. BUT CSX HAS BEEN HIRING MACHINIST AND
CAR MEN FOR ALABAMA BOYLES YARD . I M LOCOMOTIVE ELECTRICIAN.

[Anonymous]

I DONT KNOW YOUR AGE OR YOUR LOCATION IN THE US. BUT CSX HAS BEEN HIRING MACHINIST AND
CAR MEN FOR ALABAMA BOYLES YARD . I M LOCOMOTIVE ELECTRICIAN.

[Anonymous]

Interesting...you know for all the negatives you read about working on the railroad, I find it amazing how many years most of these guys have put in and stayed on.
Outside of the railroad, at least in the big corporations I have worked for, its rare to find anyone with 10 years+.
Regarding "Furloughs"...it sounds like the best way to view them; based on some of the posters who claim 25 working days a month, is kind of like an unpaid vacation.

[Anonymous]

Interesting...you know for all the negatives you read about working on the railroad, I find it amazing how many years most of these guys have put in and stayed on.
Outside of the railroad, at least in the big corporations I have worked for, its rare to find anyone with 10 years+.
Regarding "Furloughs"...it sounds like the best way to view them; based on some of the posters who claim 25 working days a month, is kind of like an unpaid vacation.

[Puckdropper]

A "Furlow" is an article written by Malcolm Furlow, Model Railroader published one almost every month in the mid-'80s.

The exact definition of a furlough is:
a.A leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces.
b.A usually temporary layoff from work.
c.A leave of absence from prison granted to a prisoner.
2.The papers or documents authorizing a leave: The soldiers had their furloughs in their *** pockets.

[Puckdropper]

A "Furlow" is an article written by Malcolm Furlow, Model Railroader published one almost every month in the mid-'80s.

The exact definition of a furlough is:
a.A leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces.
b.A usually temporary layoff from work.
c.A leave of absence from prison granted to a prisoner.
2.The papers or documents authorizing a leave: The soldiers had their furloughs in their *** pockets.

[JoeKoh]

keep knocking at the door someone will answer but as Ed said please be careful
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

keep knocking at the door someone will answer but as Ed said please be careful
stay safe
joe

[edblysard]

Furlough is the railroads term for temporay layoff.
You are subject to recall under provisions of whatever contract you work under.
Which means they can lay you off, you go find a new job you really like, and they can call you back to the rr when they need you, which means you either have to quit your new job, or quit railroading.
I would suggest you check the short lines and regional railroads in your area, or a terminal road first, they offer you a little better conditions and seniority. After 7 years, I am halfway up the roster where I work.
Be persistent.
Find the HR manager of the road you want to work at and keep sending applications.
If you know someone who works there, have them put in a word for you.
Last, you are going to have to go where the work is, if you want a job railroading.
Check their web sites and apply there.
Be prepared to move, at a moments notice.
And remember, it aint what the magazines and books portray it as, its hard, dirty work around machines that, given a moments disregard, will kill you.Stay Frosty, and good luck!
Ed

QUOTE: Originally posted by ney1815

BTW, what actually is a furlough?

[edblysard]

Furlough is the railroads term for temporay layoff.
You are subject to recall under provisions of whatever contract you work under.
Which means they can lay you off, you go find a new job you really like, and they can call you back to the rr when they need you, which means you either have to quit your new job, or quit railroading.
I would suggest you check the short lines and regional railroads in your area, or a terminal road first, they offer you a little better conditions and seniority. After 7 years, I am halfway up the roster where I work.
Be persistent.
Find the HR manager of the road you want to work at and keep sending applications.
If you know someone who works there, have them put in a word for you.
Last, you are going to have to go where the work is, if you want a job railroading.
Check their web sites and apply there.
Be prepared to move, at a moments notice.
And remember, it aint what the magazines and books portray it as, its hard, dirty work around machines that, given a moments disregard, will kill you.Stay Frosty, and good luck!
Ed

QUOTE: Originally posted by ney1815

BTW, what actually is a furlough?

[Anonymous]

BTW, what actually is a furlough?

[Anonymous]

BTW, what actually is a furlough?

[Anonymous]

I applied online at the each RR's website.
I am not a railfan, but I do like railroads and its technology, the same way I worked in IT and enjoyed the technology.
I have had no response at all yet...
Yes, Bush is really ticking me off...I now have no one to vote for...The Rebublicans are for big business and the Democrats are only pro worker for minorities.
Maybe I will vote for that guy in Alaska's dog.