CPKC reviews

CP has the most oppressive work culture I have ever seen. Everyone seems to live in constant fear of being fired. A recent, 2017 employee survey revealed that 82% of CP employees "...would leave the company if offered a job with similar pay elsewhere". I dare you to ask about that in a CP interview and see if you get a straight answer. IT is a sweatshop meaning that work/life balance is non-existent. If you work on-call, you get no compensation for it except $25 total per night and only if you get called between certain hours. There's no overtime in IT as it is non-union. Many IT employees, especially in the area I was in, are expected to work well beyond 40 hours/week and 50-60 hour work weeks are very common. You will get abused or threatened by managers who don't know the meaning of respectful workplace.

In the never ending quest to increase profit margins/share prices, increase train speed, minimize inefficiencies, workloads have quadrupled. In a safety critical position such as this one, the daily demands are far too taxing on the employees on a daily basis. Stress levels in Operations have been ever increasing and are not healthy. There is a limit to what each individual can endure. The continual downsizing model is not sustainable. All Operations employees, both in the office and in the field, are under this constant pressure. Too many are near burnout.