Been with the railroad just shy of 20 years.....the place s—s, the upper leadership s—s, the trust s—s, the job s—s. I left.... couldn't be happier. Don't use your retirement as an excuse to not leave your comfort zone. Just man up or accept your fate. They don't control your future: you do! The only disadvantage of leaving is your doing the railroad a favor by having one less job to cut..... so there is that. Just ask yourself if your happy right now....if not then get your c-ap together and leave. You only have one life to live, do you want it owned by this outfit until you retire? Yeah sure if you make it to retirement you might get a decent check for not working, but odds are you'll be dead in 5 years of retirement. Do yourself a favor and leave.....not because you might get layed off, but because someday you'll look back at your life, at your weekends, holidays, 'time-off": All controlled by UPRR and the golden handcuffs of retirement. Break free of your chains! Leave!
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Every holiday off????? Just fyi 50% of our "holiday's off" I was on call.....so yeah.... if you leave you might have to work Christmas eve...., but actually have Christmas day off without being around....on call...waiting for the phone..... owned by the railroad.....so I don't care what your wife does, just trying to give advice.....if your on here odds are your unhappy, so do something about it...that's all I'm trying to say. Sounds to me like your making more excuses.
Christmas eve new years eve and the day after Thanksgiving aren't actually holidays. Most government entities are open those days
For me leaving wasn’t that hard because I wasn’t planning on making UP a career to begin with. I had prior non-railroad professional experience and a master’s degree in a field that was (is) in high-demand. It was only a matter of time before I found a better job (20% higher salary, weekends/holidays off, etc.).
For someone with no non-railroad experience and no education beyond high school, finding any job that will pay them what UP does is practically impossible. People in that situation should stick it out with UP unless they are willing to accept a significant reduction in pay and benefits, or they are able/willing to invest in further education or vocational training to better compete in the current job market.
What blue collar type jobs have every holiday off? Weekends maybe but most blue collar jobs dont have every holiday off....my wife works in an office and she works Christmas eve, day after Thanksgiving, new year's eve....so idk where someone is getting every single holiday off....btw you'd be a fool to leave with only 10 years to go
OP: that's what she said.
I was looking for a job when I found this one, been here 16 years and do have a plan if my yard collapses, that being said, I think I will hang around and do my job. I will continue inspecting cars and making sure some poor sob conductor doesn’t climb around a car and step onto a ladder rung that’s missing a bolt and wind up losing body parts or worse. I enjoy pissing off the mngmt team by doing my job and making sure everything I look at is FRA compliant. If they run it then the feds find out about it. Also I hear all these people talking about weekends off and not working holidays , where are these jobs? You can’t work hardly anywhere that has weekend off jobs and no holiday duty at least none that I’d want, I enjoy being outside and actually working so a office job is out for me. Everyone needs to stop pissing down there legs, ruck up and do your job. If it goes into the dirt find something else.
Remember it's always easier to find a job when you have one. It also shows a willingness to get out of a sh–ty company