Thread regarding Union Pacific Corp. layoffs

A wise man once said......

If you want to make a successful career out of the Railroad here are a few tips

  1. Keep your head down and mouth shut, but keep your pockets open.
  2. Accept the fact that yeah, your going to be treated like a number, but when you were born you were also given a number. Even your phone carrier gives you a number. So what.
  3. Yes you are most likely smarter than your Manager, UP does not give out Manager positions based on talent or brains, they prey on the weak minded type who cant stand up for themselves. That is a fact.
  4. Don't pretend to be something your not, if you don't like trains that much, cool own that. If you don't have UP pride that's ok too. Its just a job. Up isn't that great.
  5. The company does not owe you a thing unless you work for it.
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Hey Tom, you say UP hires people that are weak minded and don’t stand up for themselves as managers....when was the last time you stood up to anyone? I hear complaints all the time about managers from agreement employees and managers then complain about agreement. Wouldn’t it be better for all if we tried to respect each other? Statements saying others are stupid are counterproductive and just ignorant. There are various levels of intelligence in both agreement and non-agreement. There are good and bad in everything, including the entire workforce. Why should the managers show you respect when you obviously show them none? If both groups learned to be more tolerant and listen to each other we would have a much better work environment.

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Post ID: @2cik+15lpNn2J

Railroad always hires wise men. They are experts at everything. Just ask them, they will educate you.

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Post ID: @1rqn+15lpNn2J

Amen to the break free, finally someone who gets it.

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Post ID: @1vvz+15lpNn2J

That applies to any job. As long as you work for the man.
Start your own business, that's the only way to break free. But then you have the government to answer to lol

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Post ID: @1wdd+15lpNn2J

And yet... the company is making money, the stock is rising and your just here left sniveling. I’d say that’s a success story.

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Post ID: @hhg+15lpNn2J

Number 5 there Tom seems like that is hardly ever reciprocated. Instead the company complains they don’t make enough money to increase pay and pay for insurance yet they post record profits. They owe you a job if you sign on the dotted line but instead they try to fire you from day one (even after training you to do the job which cost them thousands) and they furlough randomly even when it’s known they don’t have enough employees to do the work. They run off the customers because they don’t fit the program that they are trying to run which cost jobs they promised you when you signed on. The list goes on and on.

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