Well Well Welll!!!! Looks like Union Pacific is partnering up with Progressive Rail. Let's just say it's been a good run Jenks but it looks like your end is near! Good luck guy's in NLR!!!
UP INTENDS TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF WOMEN IN ITS WORKFORCE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
I can’t believe nobody has commented on this yet. How does a company plan to double one part of the workforce, with one of their main goals is to shrink the entire workforce?
Happy U.P employee appreciation day
That's the joke
Building America
It’s new slogan should read Destroying America one family at a time! All the families that just got new homes and now bankrupt thanks to the greed of Union Pacific I wish CNN would comment on this sensitive mater and make it national news the... — read more
Vacation relief job
if they're not doing it, which they're aren't. The manager and him are buddies, so he can have his weekends off. Time to have Josh look into this. Seems like he favors a few kiss bott guys that drink with him
Managers who don't make the cut, absolutely should NOT be able to go back to their craft.
Why? Because they are no longer an asset.
calling all car departments
Car Department, without blaming your Union or Management, what is your reason for ignoring blue signal protection rules, cutting corners with inspections and repairs? Is your motivation for that so you can sit in the break room longer? If so why?... — read more
Greed
Lance's net worth was over 153 million in 2020. I wonder how much it is now with him pocketing your wages by making the ones left do your work? Glad I left. You should too.
2021
Anyone think more layoffs coming this year? Covid seemed to be a stay of execution for 2020.
People are still going into management at UP from the ranks in 2021. Why?
What do you hope to accomplish? Do you like the hours managers work? The unpaid overtime? The testing requirements? Getting called on your off days and vacations? The way you are treated on conference calls and blamed for things not in your... — read more
Does UP look good on resume?
The funny part for me was when my current employer asked if it was as bad as he had read and heard about. I didn’t give much info, nor did I have to. I wanted to ask him how he found his information. So getting laid off, getting fired, or just not... — read more
Waiting trains.
Why is there always trains waiting to get into bailey yard? It isnt like half the yard is empty or anything.
Coffee And Parsons, Closing
Coffeyville and Parsons to completely shut down.Wichita to have switching done by wta and and k&o no more switching by up.
Citizenship verification
To those joking about the email i suggest you log into your my up messages. Its real and in there. Op has a point
This company is embarrassing to work for.
Getting laid off now seems merciful. Just give me a buyout when it happens.
Stress leave.
How do you get it and how long can you take off with pay?
Citizenship verification?!
Anyone else get the notification email about providing documentation to a contractor company up hired to verify our status and work eligibility? What the hell did we all go through with background checks jumping through hoops pre-employment?
9th Circuit rules against FRA's one man crew efforts...
I bet we don't see that ruling on UP's home page...
WEST COLTON
DRONES HAVE BEEN FLYING AROUND MONITORING ALL YARD PRODUCTIONS. ALL CRAFTS HAVE BEEN RECORDED AND THE COMPANY NOW HAS YOU DEAD TO RIGHTS FOR YOUR RULES VIOLATIONS. FRA AND PUC AS WELL AS THE NTSB ARE LAUNCHING AN INVESTIGATION THAT WILL BLOW THE LID... — read more
West Colton Director
What happen to west colton director?
Are layoffs over for 2021? Glad you stuck it out?
Are layoffs over for 2021? How about for the glass palaces? Who is glad they stuck it out? I think the worst is finally over.
Texas Snow
If Houston wanted to operate during Hurricane Harvey, I can’t imagine what they were trying to make ya’ll do during the past week with no electricity over the majority of the state. I saw on the news that Del Rio got 11 inches! And Austin got 6-8. — read more
Shutting down Settegast Yard
No more local jobs. Thoughts?
W.A.R.N. Act NLR or anywhere
Has anyone gotten any info in regards to the WARN Act and if we are going to be a beneficiary of it. When you close a shop without notice then you are in violation of that law.
WEST COLTON CHRONICLES
THIS JUST IN, MARCH 12 INTERMODAL WILL BE RAN THROUGH YARD AND MANIFEST FLAT SWITCHED. THIS IS WHAT IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM, MANAGERS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HIGH ALERT AS MOST CRAFTS WILL BE WALKED OFF PROPERTY IN THE NEXT 2... — read more
More big changes in the Mechanical Department?
Lots to talk about now
How’d we do for management bonuses?
This is bonus time . Not hearing a lot of bragging on all the generosity for sacrificing so much this year. What’s the deal ?
If you are eligible for FMLA get it and use it.
That’s what it is there for. Don’t let the managers shame you out of your legal right.
Anybody notice how many experienced and talented leaders are walking away from UP?
The bad ones seem to be riding it out, knowing they could survive if they hide. The good ones, albeit few, with 10-15+ years experience and real knowledge of problem solving, growing the business and how to work together across teams are bailing out... — read more
North Platte Shop
Hello brothers, just checking on any new updates. Heard we are getting to point on being less worried on layoffs. Heard also they might be callling some us machinist back to work. And many old heads retiring this year. So are we considered safe then? — read more
Has anyone tried to switch to BNSF?
I stayed in this company only because of my family, otherwise I would have agreed to any other job, even a lower paid job, just to get out of here. Honestly, UP made me feel disgusted with the railroad industry in which I dreamed of working as a boy... — read more
Don’t risk getting in a wreck during the blizzard
Lay off and stay warm and safe at home.
UP recruiting. Not!
Someone wrote this yesterday: “I heard about a career fair that the UP was a part of last year that NO ONE was interested in. I was told that it was in Iowa somewhere. As big as the UP is, and with some of the wages the UP pays, that no one showed... — read more
Calling people back to work.
I used to be an apprentice for the Union Pacific in the car department. I received a letter asking me if I would want to go work out west. there is actually no way that I would ever go back to that place. I quit my job to work for them and they laid... — read more
Facilities Electrician Jobs
I hear they are getting ready to start call back the facilities electricians system wide
UP has gotten a trump appointed judge to let them back out of Palestine contract.
There will be an appeal. UP likes for people to abide by contracts when it benefits them but not other way around. Expect more layoffs in Palestine to come.
Morale in UP Human Resources department at an all time low.
A lot of people traditionally dislike HR, but I have several peers in HR that don’t even enjoy their job anymore. They don’t respect the company, and are looking to leave for a better opportunity. One of them specifically said she doesn’t even know... — read more
DOOs cut in 2 hours
Here it comes. DOOs cut in less than 3 hours. Bye Felicia.
TCI, Work will be performed by contract labor
It's in the works all tci jobs will be furloughed by the end of March,2021 Contract labor is on its way!