In case you ever thought The How Matters to UP, I can prove that it does not.
General Managers and Superintendents receive copies of every Safety Hotline, Values Line and employee survey submitted with employee names. They are told to “handle the situation”.
My best advice is to record everything and keep detailed records. The company policy does not supersede your right to protect yourself from illegal actions and to defend your civil rights.
The company lies and covers up for the chosen few, no matter how unethical or illegal their actions may be.
I became one of those “situations” when I had seen and heard enough from a GM and Superintendent. I reported numerous regulatory, ethical and company policy violations with documentation. This only resulted in the GM reading the values lines to me the day before I was terminated.
This company will fail. Soon.