CN honored as a 'top employer' in Montreal, Canada

CN has been recognized as a "top employer" in Montreal for the fourth consecutive year, the Class I announced last week.

The "Montreal's Top Employers" list by the Canada's Top 100 Employers competition honors local employers that provide "excellent" work conditions and benefits to employees. This year's winners were announced last week in the Montreal Gazette.

An online profile details some of the reasons for CN's recognition, including free access to an onsite fitness facility at the headquarters in Montreal; an employee share purchase plan; the employee and pensioner-run Community Fund, which has raised more than CA$17.1 million over 10 years for Canadian charities; and the CN Railroaders in the Community program, which provides grants to nonprofit organizations that employees volunteer for.

More than 3,000 CN employees live in the Montreal area, representing a large portion of the company's workforce.

Also recently, CN was honored as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2020. Now in its 20th year, the Canada’s Top 100 Employers competition evaluates employers across the country that offer exceptional workplaces, CN officials said in a press release.