Topics regarding layoffs at Union Pacific Corp.

Topics regarding layoffs at Union Pacific Corp.

Rail relief

I been seeing volunteer rail relief crew taxi drivers again . Are they doing that where you work?

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Give me the money!

Our contract will be soon ratified. The union says will be getting a little over $40 an hours plus back pay. I love it!

New Manager

My work group got a new manager. Our old manager was the worst any of us had ever seen. He was totally incompetent, indifferent to the point of being an A-ho-e in regards towards wasting others time and efforts, and a liar. This new manager... — read more 

STB orders

Up getting hammered bad by Stb in California. Up has strict orders to delivery plenty of feed to chicken farming place. Stb doing close supervision to be sure they get unit trains of feed on time.

CN Signal On strike

I always thought when one railroad union went on strike we all did?? So much for solidarity I guess. Guess our unions will sit back and watch them.

Friend network

I give to the friend to friend network . It helps pay a bit of expenses of injured or sick employees and people in their family .

Being a manager

It is quite certain that it was better to work here a few years ago than it is now. I may be exaggerating, but I think the opposite is true in the case of management, it is easier to be a manager here now than ever before. What do you think?

Trains.com

Good article in Trains.com about the STB not happy about the 4 class 1 rr poor performance and reporting. STB rated Uprr worst.

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| 1384 views | | 3 replies (last July 25, 2022)
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FRA checks

FRA is doing spot checks on people working by the tracks. Good time to be sure the foul time or it’d book is filled out. They checking on track safety stuff.

How much longer until we start to hear about layoffs?

A lot of people are leaving and it is very obvious that UP has big problems with hiring because rarely does anyone want to work here anymore. On the other hand, inflation bites into the company's profit and the economy will very likely tip into a... — read more 

Check May 25th check

Took taxes out for employee recognition never received any money.. What a scam..

Manager's are fed up

Alot of them wanting to go back to their craft because they can't handle the stress. Truthfully they should find and get another job. If they can't handle it now, what makes them think they'll be able to handle being back in tools.

Terrible working conditions

I came here recently. I didn't have high expectations, but I didn't think it would be this bad. Is this now the worst UP has ever been or have there been worse periods before?

When will we see substantial pay increases?

Inflation is huge, recession is very likely, and the workload is increasing. Will we ever get a significant pay raise? How much longer will the solution to all employee problems here be to go out and get a new job?

Record earnings

Up got $20 billon in record earnings. Where did it all go ? I did not get any of it.

Boring crew room tv

Those itv/btv crew room tv are so boring. They show the same stories over and over. Weather report is best thing on there.

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| 1400 views | | 8 replies (last June 8, 2022)
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FRA needs to do a surprise inspection

Yard air in the Lathrop and Stockton California Yard. According to TSS they're unoperable. The middle break hoses are cut, broken from goat drivers running them over daily. I guarantee air isn't being ran.

Just got a job at UP

I’m a college graduate with a hair bun, skinny jeans, and no railroad experience but I am a yes man. How long until my next promotion?

New hires

Just had some of the new hires quit. They worked a few weeks on the out of town jobs to see what the rr life is like.

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| 1780 views | | 14 replies (last June 3, 2022)
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Dispatchers

How many dispatchers were furloughed last year ? How many came back to work at Up ? My point is to say if ya don’t have experienced , qualified dispatchers, how you going to run a rr to get rid of all train and car delivery delays ?

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| 2140 views | | 5 replies (last July 12, 2022)
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What would motivate them to treat us better?

Unfortunately it is only by more and more people quitting is what will force UP as a company to change and treat employees better. Does anyone else think that higher attrition rates can motivate UP to treat the remaining employees little better?... — read more 

Jim vena

Where did Jim vena go? Who’s he work for?

Coal trains

Just read about them making the Powder river coal trains 4 miles long soon. Wow , that won’t be much fun.

Borrow out crews

Which towns are using borrow out tey people ? I heard Stockton is 300 short on crews .

UP digicrew zebra devices

Has any of you had or have used the handheld devices supplied to us to throw switches, and all that stuff? What else?

Many advise not giving notice

P certainly doesn't appreciate nor value professionalism, but again, leaving without notice? Lately, two of my colleagues have left that way. Why do many here give such advice? I’d love to just leave and forget I’ve ever worked here, but I still... — read more 

I can't leave fast enough

I am actively looking for a new job, but until I get it I have to stay in this misery for a while. Everyone has to make the best of their situation and so I wonder what is the best way to deal with a bad job until you get a better offer?

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