Pros
-Under prior leadership (Joe Hinrichs), CSX was moving in a positive direction with stability and modern work practices
-Historically strong bonuses (uncertain going forward)
-Genuinely enjoy the application I work on
-Talented and supportive coworkers
-Employees clearly demonstrated high productivity while fully remote for multiple years
Kontras
-Since the arrival of CEO Steve Angel, employee experience has deteriorated rapidly
-Abruptly forced return to office 5 days a week with ~2 months' notice after being successfully fully remote for 5 years
-Employee benefits have been steadily reduced. Discontinuation of the Well-being Reimbursement Account (WRA) and elimination of the Student Loan Repayment Program
-Promotions are difficult unless you’re on teams with the right funding and executive attention
-Upper management frequently makes short-sighted, cost-cutting decisions that ignore long-term impact on employees and systems
-High CEO turnover pattern. Leaders come in, cut costs aggressively, then leave
-Frequent layoffs and continued uncertainty about further cuts
-Employees are stretched thin across many critical systems with limited backfill
-Overall employee morale is low and trending downward
-Hard to recommend CSX leadership to someone actively seeking stability and growth