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?

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

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.

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 

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

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.

May not bode well for the remaining execs...we shall see.

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?

Plan on working forced 16 hour shifts.

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?

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

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

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.

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?

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.

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 ?

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 

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

30 cars hit the ground and toppled over.....BIG train too LOL

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

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

UP is just a stain on my resume, nothing more. Managers mostly strive to make living he-l out of employees' lives. Morale is very low and almost everyone I know is convinced that it can only get worse from here.

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

UP is again hiring in Buggersfield.....why?

Was told their jobs will be absorbed by contractors and switchmen. True or not..

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 

Can’t find anyone else to take the job. Too many people laid off or fired

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?

Most of the time we don’t have a ride at all. I love it when a plan comes together.

Here come the contractors. Nuff said.......

National Weather Service has just issued a PDS Thunderstorm warning for NW Iowa Souix City area. Expected winds will reach 105 mph this evening. How many trains is Omaha gonna let turn over in honor of the Shareholders?

https://transportation.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/board-member-views-on-surface-transportation-board-reauthorization

Agree?

when they planning on more cuts

How do you expect management, most of whom have never been railroaders to run this company well? Some say that a good manager does not have to have a strong technical background. I disagree. Everything would be much better if we had good managers... — read more 

Anybody else get the strike vote letters?

Anybody who mentions liking his job gets his head bitten off in the replies. Why is it so important to you that all of us hate our jobs? I like my job. I enjoy it. I still think that this management is awful and is leading UP into ruin, but that... — read more 

Just like the Bachman Turner Overdrive song , Taking Care of Business, I do that too in my job at Up. I fix things , maintain stuff , order things that people need , etc,,,,. Come to work on time and work sober. The unethical and greedy decision... — read more 

The question may sound harsh, but I’m really interested in how many of you applied for a job here thinking it would be better here than it really is, not because you didn’t have any other option. As for me, I knew it wasn't going to be easy, but I... — read more