BNSF has proven that you’re only valuable if you are at one of their trophy points. What can the furloughed employees do to earn money without the company and on their own terms

They keep peddling the same BS everyday. Get your productivity up or dirty Demond and the boys are gonna furlough your a-s! The whole CIR program is a complete f’ing joke. The damn thing doesn’t even quantify our inspection and repair times... — read more 

Too bad our unions don’t care, our employees only care about themselves, the company hates us and sees us as a wasted cost, and politicians only care about shareholders and who’s paying them off

Just shut up. Only two things to do A: Keep working until you get cut. B: Just quit and leave. That is really all you can do.

BNSF CMOS met with corporate in Fort Worth today, 1600 layoffs coming system wide ahead of June to prevent payment of contract raises in June and annual 120 day accrued vacation time prior to separation for next year, cuts will be announced starting... — read more 

BNSF CMO met with corporate in Fort Worth today, 1600 layoffs coming system wide ahead of June to prevent payment of contract raises and annual 120 day vacation time prior to separation for next year, cuts will be announced starting next week... — read more 

Coming to Houston area, RJ Corman scab shortline is coming to Houston to take some of the work from your union brothers and sisters. Katie Farmer is going after other locations and area's on the system. Watch yourselves. Very accident prone scabs. — read more 

They are not looking at how the company makes money. They are looking at how they can grow their pockets. They do what they can do leaving the mess behind for someone else as long they rake in money for themselves. They don't care the shape of the... — read more 

Katie Farmer (2023 Railroader Of The Year) is certainly pushing Precision Railroading without having the courage to call it that. Like the other railroads BNSF is destroying itself. Death By a Thousand Cuts. If Katie chooses to continue to Cut Off... — read more 

Patience buddy, you won't now until manure hits the fan,......again. Corp are gathering intel data from last two and will reassess their numbers to determine next round. Most likely toward targets that wasn't effect from previous cuts and pruning... — read more 

More layoffs coming for BNSF not sure what department but it’s coming. Don’t say I didn’t warn you

I’ve been with this railroad for a long time now and I want to believe it can’t get any worse but these f*ckers outdo themselves on a daily basis. BNSF has a serious management problem from top to bottom. Majority of them are guys that couldn’t cut... — read more 

Are they finally done cutting? I’m hoping that it is over but deep down in my gut I feel this is just the beginning.

Heard HQ was hit also? Can anyone confirm? Are layoffs finished?

47 MoW exempts were let go Wednesday. Rumor that transportation management pink slips will be handed out today.

It’s all part of their plan. Union foolishly signed off on the agreement to allow 12 hour shifts. Mutual agreement doesn’t mean we’ll get to vote on it down the road like they want us to believe. If we don’t vote it in then they’ll force it on us... — read more 

“Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railway announced last week that it was cutting 362 jobs from its Mechanical Department. This comes after a 4th quarter 2023 profit in excess of $1.3 billion. The largest Class I railroads, only six of which exist... — read more 

“The shame in this is the railroad industry as a whole has really gone downhill when it comes to safety,” Dragoo said. “Derailments are on the rise. These people that were furloughed today and fired today are responsible for maintaining the equipment... — read more 

Mechanical furloughs were just the appetizer. These b*tches aren’t going to be out furloughed by the UP!

From BNSF LinkedIn: "To our employees, no matter the role you play, your contributions help ensure the lights stay on, store shelves are stocked and our supply chain moves along efficiently. Together, we support the American way of life – and that’s... — read more 

Approximately 350 system wide, but mainly the midwest. Info is from the KC TYE Facebook group

Was that on 1st shift? He never mentioned that to us on 2nd shift. All I know is that he was a non informative Ja----s, with nothing but lies. It's all about Greed, even though they made profit. There will be more cuts at Topeka and possibly a... — read more 

BNSF CMO did our town hall and said the original number was 140 total instead of 85. Boilermakers left after the 85 is 20 Pipe fitters left after the 85 is 35 Do the math I have a bad feeling we are about gone. Hopefully not.

Sorry that the ones that do the work, are the ones getting punished because of greed. I wish you the best.

Boilmakers and Sheetmetal workers are impacted deeply and will be a thing of the past, followed by Carmen population reduction to balance out the rail volumes. Do you think that the storm has passed? Don't be fooled, a 2nd wave could be coming

No mgmt, as usual? It’s heading into the direction of one person doing all the work, while tasks are being barked by ten. Holy cr-p.

37 machinist across the system got cut today. No word on other crafts.

Just wait, till it happens

UP lost THE APL CONTRACTS AND RAN, NOT WALKED TO BNSF. MORE OCEAN CARRIER SHIPPERS ARE COMING TO BNSF FROM UNION PATHETIC....

I recently changed railroads and they skate by with about 1/3 the people and layers of management. I would watch out because at some point BNSF will do its classic monkey see monkey due.

The BNSF Management Trainee Program is a scam. It is marketed as an elevated program with a lot of potential and growth. I did not experience that at all. In my 6 years as a foreman, I received 4 years of "exceeds" overall performance and only one... — read more 

Hi everyone! Can someone inform me about the final date for COBRA acceptance and the end of our current benefits?

https://www.progressiverailroading.com/labor/news/BLET-members-approve-work-life-benefits-pact-with-BNSF--70342 What’s your thoughts on this?

Great news story on KSTP news out of Minneapolis yesterday. We need more people like Don to STEP UP and blow the whistle on the sc-mbags running this railroad. BE BRAVE... — read more 

Anybody got info about Interbay Seattle and Vancouver Portland shop?

Getting pretty hard to do things mechanically when folks keep walking away from BNSF. When will BNSF wake up a fill positions instead of abolish jobs and require more with less

If the carrier agrees to something without concessions then it’s probably not good. Less Carmen IMO.

Lay off Katie Farmer, she can work train service out of Hobart and patch tie down trains from here to Barstow and Needles.