Company culture obliterated post CLT relocation - Manager TTX Employee Review

3.0
28 July 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay Hybrid work schedule Relatively lax work

Cons

Executive leadership will admit “this is a completely different company now” but it’s 100% in the worst way possible. TTX no longer carries the industry weight it once did. Half of the employee force was lost due to the move and most of the new hires act like everyday is their first lived experience. The company’s finances are clearly on fire. Exemplified by the new shoebox sized cubicles, low income, millennial-esque barn wedding venue chosen for the Christmas party, and FORCING employee to engage in outdoor extracurricular networking under the guise of personal enjoyment…Not quite the downtown Chicago rooftop experience we were once accustomed too. Leadership is chaotic and most of middle management is compromised of narcissists who actively belittle and berate their employees instead of encouraging and aiding in their development. The bonus is managers lie and gossip about you behind your back! HR does nothing about it. Seriously, people here act like they work for the Pentagon. The work generally isn’t too stressful and you don’t get paid OT, but that doesn’t stop the company suck ups from thinking they’re Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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5.0
5 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

TBD this is all very new

Cons

None so far, everyone is polite. If you have to throw rocks, rail equipment does not go into a shop / under a roof much. You better be able to tolerate a bit of weather. Not so much a con as a fact.

3.0
9 June 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

TTX has real upsides if you fit the profile. It’s stable, recession-resistant (railcar leasing doesn’t evaporate in a downturn), and mid-career lateral hires can land meaningful compensation bumps. The perks are legitimate.

Cons

The cons are harder to ignore. Comp sits below market median. Benefits have quietly eroded — the no-premium healthcare that used to be a flagship perk is gone — and RTO crept from two days to three. But the real issue is structural. Large parts of the org are optimized for the appearance of productivity rather than measurable output. If you’re results-driven, you’ll hit a ceiling fast — not because of your performance, but because the incentive structure doesn’t reward movement. Lifers dominate, and the institutional default is status quo preservation. Attrition tells the story: most ambitious hires are gone within two years. TTX is an exceptional landing spot if comfort and stability are the goal. If they’re not, the stagnation becomes suffocating quickly.

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