Hi, Everyone,
I guess I need to post this, I think now I can. I recently took a course with Allen Railroad in Stanton, Ky.(allenrailroad.com and other names as well) to be a FRA Track Inspector. They garuanted me a job with a RR Company after the course completion, then after the course completion they were almost impossible to communicate with. A year later they offered me a job after countless calls to them and e-mails at their office for a track inspector job. A year later they offered me a job at there office I took the job, they had me relocate imediatley (over a 150 miles away from home), when I got there they put me to work as a tele-marketer not what I was hired for. I also recieved calls from countless people complaining that they were promised jobs, I was told to say the owners were not in even if they were standing next to me, one even was hired and drove from Kansas City they didn't meet him or give him any kind of coursety to talk to him, I met him by accident at the railroad musem which they claimed they owned but in reality Bluegrass railroad owns it, Oone of RJ Cormans retireed workers maintains there track there that I knew from Guthrie Kentucky, he advised me of a lot of information that I didn't know. They let me go after one week without a paycheck, I never complained about anything to them, I actually could do the work and was having fun not being in an office even thou I'm 50 years old and have had a heart stint put in, they absolutely promised to pay me but didn't. After putting me on a railroad track in Versailles Kentucky pulling and replacing crossties by hand, no hydraulic machinery to assist us on the weekend after a full 40 hour week. After normal hours, I was hired as a Track Inspector, one or two crossties I wouldn't mind helping replace with a Track Crew. They fired me cause they thought I couldn't physically do that job. Actualy they had hired someone to take my place, I complained to the Kentucky Labor Board, it seems like a lot of people have the same complaint against the company and filed charges against them also, mainly being worked without pay and being fired even thou they quit for non-payment for labor. I suggest anyone being scammed by these guys join in the complaint, one or two more and the State will go after them criminally, or if you plan to use them as a school don't spend your money you will loose it. If you need more info you can e-mail me at [email protected]
If this is the wrong thread to post this in Moderators please post this in the proper thread. This is a sincere alert to protect people wanting jobs and training. I understand this is only my opinion and should be taken as such. I will stand by it thou.
sincerely,
Michael Cohoon
I guess I need to post this, I think now I can. I recently took a course with Allen Railroad in Stanton, Ky.(allenrailroad.com and other names as well) to be a FRA Track Inspector. They garuanted me a job with a RR Company after the course completion, then after the course completion they were almost impossible to communicate with. A year later they offered me a job after countless calls to them and e-mails at their office for a track inspector job. A year later they offered me a job at there office I took the job, they had me relocate imediatley (over a 150 miles away from home), when I got there they put me to work as a tele-marketer not what I was hired for. I also recieved calls from countless people complaining that they were promised jobs, I was told to say the owners were not in even if they were standing next to me, one even was hired and drove from Kansas City they didn't meet him or give him any kind of coursety to talk to him, I met him by accident at the railroad musem which they claimed they owned but in reality Bluegrass railroad owns it, Oone of RJ Cormans retireed workers maintains there track there that I knew from Guthrie Kentucky, he advised me of a lot of information that I didn't know. They let me go after one week without a paycheck, I never complained about anything to them, I actually could do the work and was having fun not being in an office even thou I'm 50 years old and have had a heart stint put in, they absolutely promised to pay me but didn't. After putting me on a railroad track in Versailles Kentucky pulling and replacing crossties by hand, no hydraulic machinery to assist us on the weekend after a full 40 hour week. After normal hours, I was hired as a Track Inspector, one or two crossties I wouldn't mind helping replace with a Track Crew. They fired me cause they thought I couldn't physically do that job. Actualy they had hired someone to take my place, I complained to the Kentucky Labor Board, it seems like a lot of people have the same complaint against the company and filed charges against them also, mainly being worked without pay and being fired even thou they quit for non-payment for labor. I suggest anyone being scammed by these guys join in the complaint, one or two more and the State will go after them criminally, or if you plan to use them as a school don't spend your money you will loose it. If you need more info you can e-mail me at [email protected]
If this is the wrong thread to post this in Moderators please post this in the proper thread. This is a sincere alert to protect people wanting jobs and training. I understand this is only my opinion and should be taken as such. I will stand by it thou.
sincerely,
Michael Cohoon