They told 3 Stl mgrs their job is eliminated in 15 months exercise your authority or find a new position. I believe once they sign their documents. They will be forced out of their positions sooner. Thus mitigating any lawsuits . This is happening across the system
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more whistle blowers to add to the ones the FRA is already talking too....
Six Sigma 71 points
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Employees 9 points
Nope. You’re wrong again. I was a locomotive electrician that invested in my company. And it paid very well. You fail to clearly say what your point is. Your comparisons to other companies of similar size and value is mute and irrelevant. You seem to have a problem with an opposing opinion. It’s clear you didn’t succeed at the UP. Have you managed to succeed anywhere? As far as myself, $36k turned into $1.6M over 22 years. I’m one of the very many that did very well with this very poorly run company. Does that bother you? Your skin seems so thin and delicate.
Again, I'm sorry for whatever damage my original comment may have done to your sensibilities.
I can only assume from your responses that you are in some way vested in the current UP managerial structure, which is (objectively) inefficient, and suffers from a high degree of unnecessary redundancy when compared to companies of similar size and value. The fact that UP has become profitable in spite of this is moot.
You have offered no rebuttal of the main point made by my original post. The fact that you are offering tedious (not to mention fallacious) rebuttals to positions that I have yet to take, and are also beyond the scope of the original comment, implies that you still haven't comprehended the original point or placed it in the appropriate context.
Your latest response is riddled with red herrings, straw men, ad-hominems, and you even tried moving the goalposts (in both responses).
Good luck with your career.
UP became a Fortune 500 because it was given free land by the government and is a monopoly. Lol what a foamer
I got you’re point. The problem with your point is it’s incorrect. If you want to reference UP, BNSF, CN, CSX or NS you’ll find they’re relatively the same as far as layers. You might also find they’re very profitable. I find it unbelievable that you would have studied all the fortune 500’s, then did the math to determine most have fewer layers. And your statement may be correct. However... a railroad cannot be compared to a d–g company that makes pills, a steel company that makes steel, an auto company that has robotic assembly line to manufacture autos. Your point was understood. It’s just highly flawed. And the UP managed to be a 500 company without your expertise. There’s a lot of hourly employees that have become millionaires because of UP stock purchases and splits over the years. There’s a lot of hourly employees that have raised their kids in safe neighborhoods and put them through college. Apparently your experience didn’t cause you to value opportunity. And by the way... my nerves are just fine. Life has been very good.
Did I pinch a nerve? If so then I'm sorry.
You appear to have missed the point of the comment that you're referencing. I would suggest that you read it again (in context) before commenting further.
Kmart. In charge of the hot dog contract for UP. They’re our biggest customer
So now you know how to run a Fortune 500 company with 10’s of thousands of people. So which one are you running?
Good.
Overall, UP is top-heavy to the point of absurdity. In no other F500 company will you see layer upon layer of management in the form of assistant manager, manager, senior manager, director, AVP, VP, Superintendent, etc., etc. The list goes on through ten separate levels of management, many of which overlap. Most well-run and profitable companies have fewer than six. UP could easily trim 30% of their managers just by consolidating roles to reduce the redundancies.
The single most important thing I learned while working at UP was exactly how not to run a business.
What is an STL manager?
Sounds like a great time to become part of the UP family.
And so it begins!
The managers were given advance notice of job reduction unlike others that got the walk of shame. I agree with the post, once they sign the documents which basically gives up their rights to sue, they’ll be walked off property with an 18 month check or whatever was agreed to. Some were given till the end of 2019, while others were given till 2020.
3 dumb posts this morning