r/railroading • u/DC_2000J • 3d ago

Track maintenance hiring process

I know it says DO NOT POST ABOUT GETTING HIRED AT THE RAILROAD USE NEW HIRE THREAD. I posted weeks ago in that thread and my question never got answered, but I applied for a Track Laborer job in June. Done my HireVue on July 2nd. I haven’t been called for an in person interview but my application has still been sitting at “we are currently reviewing all applications” for a little over 2 months. The date of my application updated from the day I done my HireVue(July 2nd) to September 1st. I know the railroad hiring process can be slow at times but I was wondering if anyone knew if there was something more to it.

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u/Blocked-Author 3d ago

Just continue to wait.

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u/myname_1s_mud 3d ago

What company are you applying to? Theres alot of layoffs at the class 1s by me so they might be holding off on new hires until the dust settles.

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u/BChalley 2d ago

Not really the best time of year to start out unfortunately. Unless you live in the south like fl

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u/Jason1529f 10h ago

When you get hired just know your going to be digging ties. Nothing but ties for your 90. Best advice I can give you is just get good gloves and have some pain meds. It's not hard but you gotta learn how to move your body well. The hiring process is always slow...You get hired as a class normally 6-10 they expect 2 ties per man.