Heavy toxic smoke from rail cars on fire Bailey yard. Evacuations in process closing highway 30 rerouting traffic.
Recrews
There is a major focus on recrews again as Vena wants to reduce TE&Y. Follow all rules to the T and make sure your locomotive consist is fully compliant before departure. Him laying off mechanical employees does not fall burden on you or your career... — read more
My expectations of average intellectually is lost, the responses to the FRA are terrible!
I am an employee, sadly I am embarrassed by the poorly written responses to the letter written by the FRA. Amit Bose like him or not has a Juris Doctorate from Columbia university. A billion dollar company can’t hire someone to put together a better... — read more
Vena visit Nor Cal car shops yet?
Heard Lathrop and Oakland are going bye bye. Intermodel being worked and repaired by contractors
Rumor is 20% of signal dept
This is just a rumor heard today, no “inside source”. V man is gonna cut 20% of the signal dept and he is looking at te&y also. Cant imagine anymore being piled onto us in maintenance. Stuff we used to fix in a day now takes weeks before we get to it... — read more
Union Pacific responds to inspectors’ claims of unsafe rolling stock
https://northplattebulletin.com/union-pacific-responds-to-inspectors-claims-of-unsafe-equipment/ Responding to another FRA concern Vena also said recent layoffs have no correlation to the company’s ability to make mechanical repairs. He said the... — read more
FRA Raises safety concerns about UP's rolling stock
https://www.progressiverailroading.com/union_pacific/news/FRA-raises-safety-concerns-about-UPs-rolling-stock--70149?fbclid=IwAR1idHA6E585fL13VvOeB21_Wqh60mfulUIFExoTqF9kRl0nWfQbnhF1qwM
Pacific Northwest
Say goodbye to most of the Pacific Northwest. Vena has bug plans , and they do not include keeping the Gorge route or the Blues.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan questions
Does anyone know how to sell the shares you've owned for over a year? Also, can you still stay in the program if you sell some of your shares?
UP manager tell FRA to halt inspection?
FRA communication is circulating that multiple UP managers from mechanical and operating crafts asked FRA inspectors to halt an inspection on UP rolling stock and to vacate UP property. I never knew that was an option? Historically has anything of... — read more
UP a sinking ship: total debt stands at a staggering $31.378 billion
Source from Seeking Alpha: In my opinion, Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) offers a complicated investment outlook, riddled with both financial and operational hurdles. The company's EPS growth, while seemingly impressive, is largely fueled by... — read more
Houston
What does your source say about Houston mechanical, the suspense is ki-ling me!!
Work in IT and thinking about unionizing?
Join the conversation and make sure your voice is heard! https://band.us/band/92272785
San Antonio Texas
The switch yard is empty. It appears that trains are been rerouted.
Car department
Furloughs going on in Northern California
Hey Vena, are sweating yet??
I thought I'd post this to help people stay informed as much as possible, in case they're not following along. Since your announcement of return to the UP, the stock price has fallen $25.17 since 7-26-23. This biggest overall drop actually happened... — read more
Union Pacific Ripping the Heart out of the Heartland
The Union Pacific Railroad just hired the most cutthroat CEO to come in and eliminate jobs! After previously serving as COO his philosophy seems to be eliminating costs by eliminating his most skilled workers. Why? So the shareholders make more... — read more
From my HQ source.
November will be the deepest cuts ever in the history of Railroads. Overhead Vena talking about how the stock price isn’t going up so it’s time for MASSIVE layoffs and MANY locations to be sold off or torn down. My HQ source is very reliable... — read more
Layoffs going down right now in the car department!!
Besides San Antonio where and how many…
San Antonio Texas
11 people lay off in the san Antonio car department.
Avondale Mechanical layoff
Whole mechanical team in Avondale will be laid off this month
What's the word Mr. Vena?
You closing all of California yards? Too expensive?
Previous post removed about unionizing Tech?
I reviewed the do's and don'ts again and I don't think any rules were broken. How come the link to a discussion area for unionizing Tech would get taken down?
Large purchase of bulldozers.
Heard from a reliable source that Vena want’s multiple locations completely eliminated from the system. Does that explain why they just purchased a fleet of brand new fancy bulldozers? Rumor is only 3 shops will remain open and active.
C'mon Maaaaaan!
All these fun facts about V-nah and no comments?
NewHire
! Hello ¡ I just found out about this website from my friends. I wish I knew about it before I got the job at locomotive shop, so I would never come to work here. What I see as a new w worker is: bad management, senior workers = low morale, no... — read more
Same song, second verse
In 2020 we had COVID and Vena. Now in 2023 we have COVID and Vena again.
Vena requested car counts for all active hump yards
Vena requested car counts for all active hump yards. Said if they are not humping 2500 cars a day shut them down…
Reliable Source Vena does not understand why North Platte has so much traffic
Vena said to execute leadership, move all traffic to natural interchanges. Those locations with North, South, East, and west lines. North Platte does not make logistical sense all traffic is forced there.
Layoffs
Any more news on next locations
Reliable Source - Vena doesn’t want freight going through PNW
A guy close to Vena’s inner circle overheard Vena getting ready to shut down ALL traffic through PNW. It’s not “efficient” to run freight on those lines is what was heard. The BNSF also runs through the PNW and will be interesting to see if they buy... — read more
Executive purge
1 executive departed Up. Clark P. gone . Departments combined now.
You know the drill!
If you were furloughed when he was here last, be prepared to be that way again. If he closed your location down before, you really thinke he's gonna allow you to stay open now? Just be ready. You WILL be cut and it'll probably be deeper than the... — read more
Vena visit west colton?
When did Vena visit West Colton?
UP’s customs certificate suspended!!
Maybe STB is onto them.., https://finance.yahoo.com/news/union-pacific-says-customs-certification-202449448.html
It's official
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific furloughed 94 mechanical employees at shops across the system this week due to soft traffic volumes and a higher number of locomotives placed in storage. *source:... — read more
Vena at the BEN conference.
All he could really come up with was a speech about being more efficient. This is going to be an absolute nightmare. Man has absolutely zero knowledge or care of the corporate culture of UP.
!!! Reminder to allm up employees - "Quiet Quitting" !!!
Quiet quitting doesn't actually refer to quitting one's job—it means completing one's minimum work requirements without going above and beyond, bringing work home, or overachieving. Please make sure you understand & do your best when quiet quitting... — read more
Non-Agreement Pension
For anyone who has resigned in the last few years: If you resign what happens to your management pension? Lump sum payout, rollover, UP continue to hold it until you are old enough to take disbursements?