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    1.0
    Digital Technology and Services Engineer
    Feb 2026
    Fortitude Valley QLD 4006Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Not recommended unless desperate for a job
    The good thingsOffice Facilities were nice and modern
    The challengesCompany culture was abhorrent. Management was focused on protecting reputation and looking for escape goats, rather than tackling cause of issues
    1 person found this helpful
    3.0
    Senior Leader
    Jan 2026
    Brisbane QLD 40005 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    Be strategic - have a time limit - expect restructure and redundancy at least every 2 years.
    The good thingsGreat projects to work on
    The challengesVery political, if you're not in the "in crowd" you're likely in the next round of cuts. Promotion is not based on capability it is based on "jobs for mates". If you don't know whether you're in the "in crowd" you likely aren't.
    2 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Train Driver
    Dec 2025
    Brisbane QLD 400014 to 15 years in the role, former employee
    DO NOT WORK HERE - The management culture is bad and it will destroy your soul!
    The good thingsThe lower level employees I worked with such as Shunters and drivers.
    The challengesYour ROL’s are out to get everyone. The culture is pretty much the same wherever you go. They are so focused on making their depot look spectacular on their online meetings instead of actually fixing issues. They are focused on screwing over employees. It’s like they are taught how to be nasty. I started in the old ‘driver in charge’ days. The place ran smoothly and they never spent the day in online meetings. You can’t speak to your ROL as they always have a headset on talking to people on a screen. My mental health couldn’t stand working there anymore. Since leaving and securing a job with a very large company (different industry) I can see just how bad it is. My new managers are supportive and actually care. It’s crazy. Unfortunately I have to learn how to stop being on edge and over explaining myself as I’m so used to having to justify every action.
    4 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Toxic Professional Services
    Nov 2025
    Fortitude Valley QLD 4006Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    If you are going to do it, think twice.
    The good thingsSome of the team are great to work with
    The challengesCorporate politics, pay inequality, poor leadership, poor culture
    2 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Qualified Train Driver
    Sep 2025
    Quirindi NSW 23436 to 7 years in the role, former employee
    I would regret everything about having worked for Aurizon if I hadn't met my wife there.
    The good thingsSome of the workers are good people.
    The challengesIn regional areas NSW the wages are low. They've lost the contracts and are talking of closing the depot. There is a toxic culture among many in management in my opinion. While there is a diverse group of employees, I found that difference wasn't championed but rather admonished and treated as an inconvenience, in my opinion. There were safety issues that I felt weren't addressed, in my opinion. Some people were given new roles when injured off the job while others had to rely on income protection, while I can't know the full details of some, in my opinion it gave an appearance of favouritism. There are many reasons why I would not recommend seeking employment with this company.
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Train Driver
    Sep 2025
    Picton WA 62292 to 3 years in the role, former employee
    Good Workers themselves are great, BUT very few if any Management have little to no Experience in running core business and too much and Too politically motivated.
    The good thingsThe workers themselves are great, OT if you wanted it.
    The challengesManagement has Very little to no experience in the running of trains (Don't care what experience you have working on the railways is a specialised industry), depot wouldn't run anywhere near as smoothly if the workers didn't do so much OT. The managers just dont realise this because there too busy in their little offices.
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Locomotive Maintainer II
    Sep 2025
    Sarina QLD 47371 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Overall great company to work for, great salary and interesting ongoing work within the rail industry.
    The good thingsExcellent location and salary. Interesting work and great roster to spend time with the family
    The challengesOn some occasions, management decisions which impact the business due to operational requirements
    1.0
    Train Cew
    Aug 2025
    Hexham NSW 23226 to 7 years in the role, former employee
    Out of touch management, toxic culture, and zero support — not worth it.
    The good thingsSome of the crew were good people and made the job bearable at times. The pay was reasonable for the work being done, and the job itself could be enjoyable when you were left alone to get it done without interference from management.
    The challengesManagement was the biggest issue, completely disconnected, unsupportive, and often made ridiculous decisions without understanding the job. They even hired a former cleaner as an Operations Superintendent, which showed just how little they value experience. The culture was toxic, communication was non-existent, and any feedback from train crew was ignored. Morale was constantly low, and safety was more about ticking boxes than actually protecting staff.
    5 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Manager
    Jun 2025
    Alice Springs NT 087012 to 13 years in the role, former employee
    Don't. Don't believe the hype or their hypebole. Don't, just don't. Toxic culture where they hunt down high achievers that know the business, people and challenges. The people at the coalface are great and continually do their best to ensure the customer needs are met, they are let down by incompetent senior managers, ignorant of the requirements to run a successful intermodal business
    5 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Driver
    Jun 2025
    Whyalla SA 560017 to 18 years in the role, current employee
    Difficulty with a sense of being ignored.
    The good thingsRenumeration is acceptable.
    The challengesUpper management's lack of effective communication.
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Locomotive Driver
    May 2025
    Dry Creek SA 50941 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Worst Rail Depot in Australia
    The good thingsThere is nothing good about Dry Creek depot.
    The challengesLousy Pay Lousy conditions Lousy communication Non existent training Half the Loco fleet over 50 years old
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Road Train Driver
    Apr 2025
    Mount Isa QLD 4825Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    I really enjoy the job but there are not enough hours.
    The good thingsgood environment with flexible hours. I also enjoy the company of the friendly co workers.
    The challengesThe only thing I don’t like with the job is there is not enough hours.
    5.0
    Talent Acquisition Adviser
    Mar 2025
    Welshpool WA 61061 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    One of the best workplaces I have ever experienced in my career.
    The good thingsTeam of People, Leadership, Training, work diversity and security, convenient to public transport and free onsite parking, nice office, plenty of smiles and happy faces around
    The challengesworkload can be somewhat demanding - however, there is always a reasonable expectation and resources available to get the job done.
    1.0
    Boilermaker/Shunter
    Mar 2025
    Sarina QLD 47375 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    I would not return here even if I was paid the CEO's wage.
    The good thingsThere are and were some good people there, most have retired or moved on now. Still a few good seeds there.
    The challengesThere is a combination of things that made this a mentally unsafe workplace for myself and other highly skilled people.
    2 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Train Driver Qualified
    Jan 2025
    Northam WA 64013 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Toxic place to work. With little or no regard paid to concerns raised by those who actually carry out the work. Plagued with management who have little or minimal practical experience in actual running of trains, especially grain. Who are more interested in being seen to promote social agendas and pretending to promote safety than running and operating trains in a safe environment. Leaders have no understanding of what occurs outside of their office space or even care as long as the tonnes move and the paperwork is clean.
    The good thingsOT is Available if you want it.
    The challengesManagement have no practical experience in the type of work here. "Yes" people are preferred to those with any actual operational knowledge. On the surface they promote safety but in practice there is a disregard for safe practice. With cover ups of incidents and poor decisions. Toxic Environment.
    6 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Safety Advisor
    Jan 2025
    Perth WA 60003 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Glad I got a package
    The good thingsnothing really nice to say
    The challengesVery siloed and consequently dysfunctional organisation. Agendas and politics dominate the landscape, particularly on issues not relating to core business or business success. There seems to be a significant lack of understanding of the railway as a business and as a unique operating environment to a point where safety is significantly compromised.
    5 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Procurement Manager
    Nov 2024
    Brisbane QLD 40001 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Poor management teaches you what not do do as a leader!
    The good thingsGood team members and supportive stakeholders
    The challengesPoor quality of management, no related experience and no work life balance. Many ERP systems and old legacy processes. In addition broken processes have been transitioned to an offshore services function.
    6 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Train Driver
    Nov 2024
    Muswellbrook NSW 23335 to 6 years in the role, current employee
    Great place to work if you intend to just head in and get your job done and have no desire to progress beyond a driver, little chance for development unless you tick the right boxes.
    The good thingsGreat culture among the workers, each person at Antiene was willing to help and teach eachother, great mentors and senior drivers.
    The challengesReactive Upper management, when present, makes many questionable decisions which are not good for the workers or have their interests at heart, recently gone through a high turnover of supervisors for falsely advertising job requirements and ignoring feedback on applicants.
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Supply Chain Operator
    Nov 2024
    Pinjarra WA 62081 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Avoid at all costs, you can do better.
    The good thingsLeaving. Life's far too short.
    The challengesPoor middle-management that are essentially baby-sitters. Using shared,aging and unsafe infrastructure and having to deal with systematic failures as a result. Excessive workloads. Box-ticking and virtue signalling in all aspects of OH&S, HR, IR and gender equality. Fundamental problems with culture, policies and renumeration. Pay and workload disparity. Family unfriendly rostering.
    4 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Gatekeeper
    Nov 2024
    Sarina QLD 47377 to 8 years in the role, former employee
    Did someone say KFC ?
    The good thingsPlenty of opportunity especially if you know something about rail, because top tier management dont know anything about railroad.
    The challengesBiggest challenge in Aurizon is finding someone who abides by their core values .
    4 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Workshop Boilermaker
    Aug 2024
    Sarina QLD 47373 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    I currently work at JWOF as a Boilermaker and can definitely say its one of the better places to work in the region. If you are looking for a great work life balance and a supportive bunch of people its the place to work.
    The good thingsHome every night, only do a 9 and a half hour shift, get a mining style roster working 8 on 6 off dayshift only, supplied the latest and greatest tooling and PPE, Provided with Aircon cooled vests and the latest speed glass helmets, Filtered shed air, Fruit supplied for morning tea, most of our improvement ideas are actioned and if not we get told why, always trialling new new tools and safety equipment, massive focus on safety here, BBQ's when we achieve safety targets just last Christmas break up we had the mobile smoked meat van show up plus vouchers handed out.
    The challengesRepetitive work. Not too much overtime.
    1.0
    Boilermaker
    Jan 2024
    Sarina QLD 47373 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    I would not recommend any person work in JWOF
    The good thingsNothing is good about working there such a toxic environment
    The challengesAlways feel pressure to do more
    2 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Leader
    Jun 2023
    Sydney NSW 2000
    The crews are amazing
    The good thingsThe people whom I have meet along the "journey"
    The challengesManagement, alot of false promises
    1 person found this helpful
    1.0
    Rollingstock Maintainer
    Jun 2023
    Dry Creek SA 50941 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    A place to retire.
    The good thingsPlenty of overtime and decent conditions.
    The challengesNo career development or opportunities to progress as a tradesman.
    2.0
    Train Driver
    Jun 2023
    Northam WA 64011 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Many inexperienced and non-rail managers. Micro management
    The good thingsGood pay, daily OT. Weekend rates
    The challengesPoor management. No career progression. Purple circle.
    6 people found this helpful
    1.0
    Rollingstock Maintainer
    Apr 2023
    Dry Creek SA 50941 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Absolute waste of time, money is ok, if you can be bothered with constant restructuring and pressure from the higher ups to get it done.
    The good thingsMajority of maintenance people are good to work with.
    The challengesMassive divide between different areas of the business. Seen as a lesser trades person (boilermaker, mech fitter) to some of the other trades people (electricians, diesel fitters ect). Management/corporate has zero care towards its front line workers and only cares about its image to clients and the public. Nil progression and development if you don't meet the diversity quota.
    6 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Manager
    Feb 2023
    Supportive, collaborative environment. Senior Management heavily invested in staff. Great place to work.
    The good thingsGreat work life balance. Staff are lovely.
    The challengesWorking in a remote location but it is manageable.
    3 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Train Driver
    Jan 2023
    I look so much older than I really am!
    The good thingsGoing home, annual leave when you can get it, bbq on shut down days.
    The challengesWorking 40 weekends of the year and most public holidays, working mostly night shift.
    7 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Locomotive Driver
    Apr 2022
    9 to 10 years in the role, former employee
    Massive divide between worker's and an out of touch Management,
    The good thingsGreat pay, Great team mates
    The challengesPoor rosters no career advancement opportunity's, Management was hell bent on only employing leadership roles from outside off the company and wouldn't support or help internals into leadership roles.
    6 people found this helpful
    2.0
    HR admin
    Nov 2021
    3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    Not an ideal place for long term
    The good thingsGood pay, good WFH conditions post Covid.
    The challengesManagement in corporate is horrendous.
    2 people found this helpful
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