I left the company two years ago after a 20 year career. It was a difficult thing to do and I had reservations whether I was doing the right thing. I now know that leaving this downtrodden industry was the best thing I could have done. Railroads are not ran as railroads were in the past, which was to build the companies, serve the customers, and allow their employees to have careers and not just temporary jobs. The current culture of allowing investors to dictate policy and to only care about stock price to the detriment of everything else is toxic. If you want to stay or cannot get out I wish you the best. Those of you that have choices and can obtain other employment need to take a serious look at your career choice and your lifestyle. It may seem scary leaving and starting a new job, but it may be the best move you ever make.
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I would have loved to been in the room when a serious offer was made to a top engineering graduate for a job in North Platte, Nebraska working for Union Pacific. I hope the recruiter was wearing ear protection because I'm sure the laughter must have been piercing.
I was at a college recruiting event a few years back (I don't work for UP). UP was recruiting for engineering managers and basically told each student that they'd have to move to places like North Platte. Most recruits would shut down at that moment. Only way to convince them to apply was tell them they might get a job in Fort Worth, Houston, Chicago or Little Rock. Competing with engineering firms, oil and energy companies, and corporate conglomerates that allowed people to move to big cities meant UP didn't get the top tier of candidates.
University of Phoenix is a school that most people leave off their resume because employers see it and automatically toss their resume. UP is the only place it is taken seriously. UP has several executives that went there. This is the type of school UP recruits from in 2021.
@1cmd It isn’t a university. Credentials from there aren’t worth much more than the paper they’re printed on. The closest comparison is a sleazy used car dealership.
I can think of two people at UP who have degrees from there, one of them fairly high-up. There’s probably a lot more. No other F5+ company would promote to that level with such dubious credentials.
University of Phoenix is good college right?
@let Reputable universities stopped inviting UP recruiters to their campuses after OMTs went back and told career counselors and department heads about the insane levels of toxicity, constant verbal abuse, hazmat spills, bridge/track fires, and the litigious, regulatory nightmare that is Union Pacific.
At the tier-3 and lower schools that still host UP recruiters, it’s less laughing and more avoidance and mumbling. Even tier-2 schools don’t want UP anywhere near their students.
And here I am two years later trolling a up message board
keep telling yourself that sweetheart.
You guys were fired, that’s the reason you left. Fired, level 5. We couldn’t get rid of you fast enough.
UP recruiters get laughed at in their faces at college fairs.
UP is the only company I ever worked at where when all their young managers start leaving for better companies instead of looking at their internal processes they make comments like "he/she is a quitter" or "the railroad isn't for everybody". That last one is correct. The railroad (UP) isn't for people with a brain.
I left call ave 6 months ago and went to metra and it was the best decision I ever made.