Great colleagues, disappointing HR - Engineer Hitachi Rail Employee Review

4.0
Jun 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Salary is not bad. Your job has a big impact in society. Technical colleagues are awesome. Technical management is not bad. Plenty of abroad opportunities.

Cons

HR is extremely disappointing to say the least. You need a document or copy of your contract? Wait 6 months How many vacation days you have left? Forget about it, they can't even count. Everything is usually great between engineers and their managers, where managers are flexible with their very capable team of engineers, and the engineers are also flexible because they understand the needs of the project... But then comes HR to break a system that works and makes it worst using the law as an excuse to create a hostile work environment putting the engineers against the company.

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5.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Plenty of projects to keep you busy and interested.

Cons

The Pittsburgh office ran really well with Remote work, now they're becoming Big Brother.

2.0
Mar 3, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice location near downtown and Southside. Half the building has a view of the river. Benefits are competitive (medical, dental, vision). Free garage parking across the street.

Cons

The employee perks have continuously declined over time. They used to have a nice catered Christmas party that disappeared during the pandemic and never returned. They used to have a common sense policy for meals while traveling, but that was just replaced with limits for each meal that are inadequate if you are traveling to a major city. They are also starting to track how many days each person comes to the office and seem to value that more than the results produced by each person. The company also does not reward people for going above and beyond, such as working significant overtime, working night shift at site, etc.

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