NO!!! You CAN'T have a day off!     The railroad practically invented the term 'on-call'. Many CSX employees do not have schedules, but are forced into working a 'list'. Most lists are on call 6 days a week, 24 hours a day, and often the employee cannot even choose their day off. It is common to be called to work during an assigned day off.     Unscheduled days off are usually not granted for family or religious obligations. There are many CSX employees who have been unable to attend their childrens' birthday parties, their wedding anniversaries, and even funerals because they were not allowed time off.     We've even heard of people who had to call out sick, to attend their own wedding! We're sure that some of these stories that can top even that one...

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Name: disgruntled
E-mail: 
Employed as: Conductor, for 1-10 years
Posted: 03 June 2012

Hello everybody.. ive read through these forums on several occasions
before and knew this would be an excellent place to get some other CSX
employees feedback on my situation.. So here goes nothing.. now im not
sure how other divisions operate, meaning if you guys use the bump or
bid systems, but im an employee in the Baltimore Division and we use
the bump system.. which from everything I've always been told, even
during training at the REDI Center, that if a conductor gets bumped(or
displaced) that they have 48 hours to mark back up on a turn or various
things might happen ex. certified letter and only being able to mark up
on open turns.. anyways I get a certified letter in the mail the other
day from none other than good ol' Chicken Shit Xpress and its a 1st
step warning letter saying that my attendence and availability is
more-less not up to par.. so i looked at the days that i was
unavailabe.. i was only off sick 2 days in 1 year and 4 months.. and
those 2 sick days were over 2 months apart so i didnt violate the 28
day sick policy.. ALSO i had been displaced 3 times for a grand total
of 5 days in a 30 day period.. which if im not mistaking is completally
legal.. HOWEVER when i contaced my local chairman he told me that the
company has apparently been disreguarding the 48 hour bump and sending
employees certified warning letters if they're not marked back up in
12 hours.. I'm currently in the process of trying to get this issue
resolved and the letter removed from my history BUT i just want to get
some feedback, thoughts, opinions, and suggestions on my problem from
people on this website with more experience than me.. THANK YOU!!!

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Name: carl taylor E-mail: cltaylor@aol.com Employed as: Employed in other capacity, for 10-20 years Posted: 31 May 2012 Shutup, you bunch of whinning babies. I spent 20 years baby sitting for you children. View This Article

Name: Who"s your mama E-mail: Employed as: Conductor, for 1-10 years Posted: 24 May 2012 It look like the CSX Bitches are multiplying at 00Q120. View This Article

Name: RRJ E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years Posted: 07 May 2012 It would be for the 2nd quarter april-june. Doesn't the LC or secretary/ treasure post the DDO in april? They do in my area. Even though I'm retired still on the email list. View This Article

Name: NoMo E-mail: Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A Posted: 06 May 2012 When in doubt ask...in this case I would ask the terminal super or, at least the LC. You know you can take whatever they say to the bank ;) View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Conductor, for 1-10 years Posted: 06 May 2012 I was wondering the same thing after i got mine yesterday. View This Article

Name: Suzannah E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 10-20 years Posted: 05 May 2012 Ok I need some help here.. Not sure Im getting this right...Just got a letter in the mail congradulating me on my perfect attendance for the past quarter and my award is a demand day off. Engineer agreement says it must be used by the end of the next quarter....Question?? Is the quarter not January 1st to March 31st? One quarter is three months right? So I just got letter today dated May 2nd. So did I just get screwed out of the ability to use my demand day for the entire month of April? Am I just not getting something here? View This Article

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Name: S E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 10-20 years Posted: 03 May 2012 CSX is the best company ever. I get to mark off FMLA and ride my Harley all the time. I just hope my mom's prostate does'nt get better then I won't have a reason to mark off. View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 10-20 years Posted: 02 May 2012 NO YOU CAN"T HAVE A DAY OFF! CSX STILL SUCKS!!!!! View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Conductor, for 1-10 years Posted: 29 April 2012 Just recently these assholes changed our attendance policy. We can now only request a personal day up to one week in advance. They take what very little room we had to plan ahead In the fist place and make it worse. These people can suck it. The dicks writing these policies are not the ones getting screwed over every day on the rails. So with that I say i will be using more sick time. Oh wait, we don't get that either...its the small things this railroad could do that would make this job so much better. View This Article

Name: E-mail: fldave007@hotmail.com Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 10-20 years Posted: 23 April 2012 Bob from West Pittsburgh, got fired last week as I thought heard I would from union rep. union kinda sucks and is very political in my area they are management sucks for the most part. Well not sure what I am going to do at this point. 12 years down the drain, oh well anyone with any suggestions. They said doctors slip not acceptable. View This Article

Name: listen up? E-mail: Employed as: Conductor, for 30+ years Posted: 22 April 2012 READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY? !!!!! WHEN YA GET ORDERS TO COMMIT A POSSIBLE UNSAFE ACT? THIS SHOULD OR COULD BE YOUR RESPONSE? ARE YOU TELLING ME TO COMMIT AN UNSAFE ACT? SPELL THIS OUT? DO NOT REFUSE ! GET A WITNESS? REPEAT OVER RADIO IF NEED BE ? !!!! P.S . JUST A THOUGHT AFTER GETTING HARASSED MYSELF 90+ EFFICIENCY CHECKS IN A YEAR! WORK SAFE ! SLOW IS GOOD AND SAFE WATCH YOUR BACK !!!!! View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Crew Dispatcher, for 1-10 years Posted: 20 April 2012 CSX Crew Management at work plus him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79r5tK5CcEk View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Friend or family of employee, for Less than 1 year Posted: 14 April 2012 anyone get anything on when leadership meetings are this year?. View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Friend or family of employee, for 10-20 years Posted: 14 April 2012 I know someone that was working as an engineer for CSX. He now works in management who was nick named the king of "marking off" because he made a living trying to figure out how not to go to work. I swear he called off more than he worked. This dude, was a master at NOT working. How did he manage if no one else can ever get a day off? This was of course before the new attendance policy but still, how did this con man get away with it? He was in Richmond but now is in Cincinnati. View This Article

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Name: S E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 10-20 years Posted: 06 April 2012 The weather in Indiana is warming up, with that being said hope you boys have fun filling my vacancy while i'm marked off FMLA riding my Harley. View This Article

Name: lc E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 20-30 years Posted: 05 April 2012 Hey miss called engineer, How many of your miss calls are really missed calls. Are any of them calls that you actually received but jobs you refused because you werent qualified or maybe another situation. I know alot of newbies who are dumb enough to allow the cmc to threaten them with a miss call if they didnt accept a job they werent qualified on or wanted a pilot because they didnt get enough training... Got all of them removed. Its alittle hard to charge someone with a missed called when they had a long lengthy conversation on the phone with them! Gray area it is not! Missed calls mean missed calls, not a disagreement on the phone! View This Article

Name: RRJ E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years Posted: 05 April 2012 I think people missed over the real issue "missed calls". The discipline has nothing to do with a doctors excuse or being sick. It's about availability. It seems the doctor excuse is after the fact. If a person is anticipating termination then it isn't the first time or is aready at another level in the discipline process. It's called responsibility for ones actions. I missed calls some purposely. I also knew that for the next 3-6 months to not let it happen again. Now the solution is get an attorney. For what? If records show missed calls or other infractions the doctor excuse is a moot point. There might be attorneys that handle these cases not on a contingency but it'll cost out of pocket. Not everything is a lawsuit. If it was employers would be weary of hiring anyone. In fact illegals would be wiser they need to keep a low profile. lol View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Corporate office, for 10-20 years Posted: 04 April 2012 Bob, There are several attornies that would be more than happpy to look at your case. You have probably seen several advertised on this site already. I believe one of then has already won a suit against the company for wrongful termination of an employee who was fired because she/he was marked off too many times because of a medical issue. Question.... You say one of your doctor excuses were deemed unacceptable? Why? I know for a fact that there have been several doctors who have made it perfectly clear that they will not tolerate any company insinuating that they have written bogus excuses to their patients. This would be considered slander and an accusation of malpractice. If a prescription was dispensed with the slip that would also insinuate that the doctor was dispensing unnecassary medications to his/her patient. Talk to your doctor and ask him/her how they want it handled if the company is even hinting that the excuses are being considered bogus. View This Article

Name: Lay Off King E-mail: Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A Posted: 04 April 2012 To the can't lay-off complainer... If you are disciplined for laying-off for medical reasons; notify your doctor and contact your nearest OSHA office. And then ask your "Safety Captain" union officer to resign! Doctors are required by law to notify the proper authorities for these kinds of egregious conduct! View This Article