What does your source say about Houston mechanical, the suspense is ki-ling me!!

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The switch yard is empty. It appears that trains are been rerouted.

Furloughs going on in Northern California

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 

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 

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 

Besides San Antonio where and how many…

11 people lay off in the san Antonio car department.

Whole mechanical team in Avondale will be laid off this month

You closing all of California yards? Too expensive?

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?

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.

All these fun facts about V-nah and no comments?

! 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 

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. Said if they are not humping 2500 cars a day shut them down…

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.

Any more news on next locations

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 

1 executive departed Up. Clark P. gone . Departments combined now.

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 

When did Vena visit West Colton?

Maybe STB is onto them.., https://finance.yahoo.com/news/union-pacific-says-customs-certification-202449448.html

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 

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.

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 

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?

Whats going on at Fort Worth over 70 machinist abolished?

Article: https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/union-accuses-cn-of-tracking-employee-s-location-outside-of-work-hours-through-company-issued-device-1.6531568 I work in a position where I have access to a decent amount of bank-end data, with some of that... — read more 

Jan 1 we get a new set of PS days.... Lets use these PS days to our advantage and everyone take a nice long vacation!

The fiscal year for UP is from January to December. Everything you have read today about layoffs is just the beginning. Between now and the end of December we are going to see cuts everywhere and with anybody. All of this will be in preparation for... — read more 

CEO Jim Vena: Fast Fact No. 1 ... he loves lay people off.

Layoffs happened today. Back to square one for many people now. Layoffs won't help the lack of safety or communication.

Don’t be fooled it is happening now…

Going to ride this train all the way down! It’s been great working with you all. Except management f&$@ those a—holes

We all know that wee-man is just starting his rampage of idiocy. He's gonna hack and burn everything in sight for the next 2 years then walk away leaving us to clear the debris and attempt to rebuild. The only option is to fight back. Start with... — read more 

I don’t think there is one up employee that thought it was a good thing vena got the job. But if I was making that kind of money to disrupt people’s lives I wouldn’t care what they thought either.

Jim is back in Los Angeles. Rumor is he is looking into the shops again. Los Ángeles post your comments here if you know something about his visit.