I have heard that after you leave UP, they have been sending offers to buy out pension and roll a dollar amount into a IRA. Any truth?

Cuts are on the way.

I have heard through the grapevine that Fritz has been conducting some face to face town halls on some of the IT floors at UPC. Curious to know if anyone can confirm this as we have not seen him near our area.

We all know the worst is yet to come. Any predictions on when, though? I'm not sure how much more of this anticipation my nerves can take...

Oh but wait, UP is doing it the UP way. Which means? Yes we all know what it means. $ $ $ $ it’s all about the $ and nothing with employees. There are a lot of good people at UP still but unfortunately not at the top to change this direction.

Are we expecting any more layoffs today?

So sick of having to Unified 2020 c-ap in my face when I log in! Make me want to vomit!

I heard that lay-offs started at Roseville, CA. People escorted out. Any details?

Side note on the Selma comment. All the communication I've seen about Selma is that it is closing. I haven't seen that they are selling it at all. I'm.betting that it is closed for 1-2 years and opened up after 2020 is complete as a celebration. Just... — read more 

I was in engineering and got let go last week. I got a severance and was hired by a consultant to do my same job as a MIPP before the end of the week with a 20% pay increase. All of my coworkers got the same deal. Apparently UP thought it'd be better... — read more 

I heard IT was getting it tomorrow.

I find it said that so many people on here keep saying that PSR didn't work at other raroads because people lost their jobs. Who gives a flying f---. Companies are not here to serve the employees, but to serve a product to the customer and make as... — read more 

Is there going to be any reorg or Uion Pacific Layoffs in 2019?

Did they chop anyone today ? Here I have been hiding in the restroom all day thinking they were going to get me. I have not been able to sleep at all so I wind up drinking all night. No I’m coming to work smelling like an outhouse with nasty beer... — read more 

Since we received the packet late Friday night, I tried to call the HR number provided to ask questions regarding the insurance coverage since they told us it ends at the end of the month. The person in HR said they were told no information at all to... — read more 

If you stop and think about everything going on the company, you can't help but wonder what the reasoning is for it all! First reason is greed! There's a lot going on in the UP corporate world that most don't know about! Most people know they're... — read more 

You turkies are gonna be served up in time for Thanksgiving and it's going to be a chilling winter by Christmas for agreement and non agreement alike. 2019? Let's not even think about it.

I've started limiting myself to one square of UP toilet paper per bathroom break. As a bonus I'm no longer using the soap and water either.

Training positions in all departments will be eliminated this week. Employees in those positions that have seniority will be sent back to craft, if they do not have seniority they will be escorted off property.

Has anyone written a letter to the Board of Directors? Would be interesting to know if it would do any good or not.

“These cuts to our general and administrative structure typically do not affect those on the ground,” said Kristen South, Union Pacific public relations representative. “Usually, these are not the people moving or working on the trains.” As a result... — read more 

Not sure why people keep “hoping” Lance will read this. Everyone here knows how to email, call, or write him. Yet you hope and wish he reads this. That’s an easy solution. Tell him. But I certainly understand being scared of him. He holds a lot of... — read more 

What I learned while working for the UP is really a hard one to describe in complete detail! The biggest thing I learned is that trusting someone is a no-no! The management team has gotten increasingly hostile towards the people on the ground! When... — read more 

(Pueblo co yard) 4 machinists gone! No more mechanical in Pueblo! I was told they could bump any set up apprentice on the system, but you go with no seniority.

Has anybody received their severance paperwork? I was told it would be emailed by the end of this week. It’s almost 5 o’clock on Friday and I’ve received nothing.

Both Lance and Beth expressed in the September Town Hall that there were NOT plans to immediately and deeply cut workforce similar to what happened at CSX (listen to itfor quotes). In the August Town Hall, Lance stated there were no planned layoffs... — read more 

What the railroads need to do is offer retirement annuities no matter what age. Just reduce the amount. If a person works 30 years 100% 10yrs 33.33% and offer insurance at the current employee rate until 65. I’ll bet they could eliminate jobs easy... — read more 

Did anybody else read this? Union Pacific delivered a 33 percent improvement in its third-quarter profit, and executives discussed more details of their plan to cut costs at the railroad. So we are improving profits ABOVE expectations, and yet more... — read more 

Waiting for next week, expecting more layoffs, not knowing if it's over or not... Yup, I don't foresee much resting and relaxing this weekend... Unless we get luck and find out today that layoffs are truly over for the foreseeable future. Which, I... — read more 

Generations of railroad employees just thrown out like garbage. The sacrifices we all have made over the years from travel to working ridiculous amounts of hours to make sure we get the job done! Missing school activities, kids games, family... — read more 

A mass walkout or strike would solve NOTHING WHATSOEVER! They have these people called borrow-outs! They can simply bring in others from different locations, until the walkouts could be replaced! The idea of a mass walkout by employees to signal... — read more 

Here are a couple sound bytes from August 16th to brighten your day: “My goal is to move very quickly to help employees feel very very very good about the experience they’re having at Union Pacific.” ~Beth Whited “We’re working hard to make sure that... — read more 

There arer rumors that UP is moving headquarters after PSR is fully implemented. I can't see them doing this?!?! But what are they going to do with the big HQ building when there's hardly anyone left in it after reductions. I would think there would... — read more 

Next 1 Man train crews. It's coming. UP rules. Unions are weak and worthless. Bye bye conductors.

Think for a minute. The reason up has gone through wave after wave of layoff/forced retirement/hr botched initiatives/scare people off/ or implicate them in a manufactured crisis, is simple. The deep rooted nepotism, cronyism, old boy network, and... — read more 

Anybody else feels like the official number of laid off people we were given (under 500 people) is way too small for what actually happened? I might be wrong, but it seems to me that number should be significantly higher than that. I just don't know... — read more 

Engineering design was gutted. Not much thought on who stays and goes. In some cases only a few individuals performed or managed the design of certain major projects. All were let go except their supervisor who's new to the position. All the... — read more 

Funny how the place was running we’ll before the Sept 2017 slaughter. Run off the talent and demote those who weren’t pushed out, then wonder why the place is running into the ground. Makes perfect sense to try to do it again, since it worked so well... — read more 

I know there has been some back and forth on another thread...but, rest assured we need those support positions at corporate in order for us to operate efficiently in the field. We do feel your pain and hope the best for all impacted. Many of us have... — read more