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 

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Link below… The Surface Transportation Board is conducting an in-person hearing April 26-27 (EP 770, Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service) with the CEOs of the “Big Four” Class I railroads—BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific—on service... — read more 

Been seeing the crew taxis coming back to work shifts. What other locations are seeing taxis back on the job ?

It is supposed to improve network efficiency. Don’t those guys at the STB know we have a plan in place? If they’d be patient and wait till 2020 this is all going to work out. Just need to lay a few more people off and store some more power and... — read more 

Remember when Up sent home many hundreds of good employees without a job , they used super strict medical rules Up used their own health people to look at med history of employees. Never did interview the personal Dr . to get complete health info... — read more 

Are they really fighting for us?

In states without right-to-work laws, religious objectors can send their dues to a charity of their choice instead. You may as well get something for that hard earned money.

Did your trips take less time in hours before psr , for the same route now? Just wondering, how the rr runs after psr for a few years.

UP hiring 1400 employees this year. They say this is to improve service. Hopefully they will not be cut off. Good times!

Unions doesn't have the strength to get us our honest wage increase, boy I can't wait to see our medical package! How about the attendance policy.... we are doomed I say.

The stress for employees is huge and the pressure is increasing every day. Unfortunately I have no other option for now and I have to be here. I wonder if our leadership is under as much stress as most of us are, or are they stress free? Since... — read more 

Kind of boring on here this week. Not many posts from managers , directors. Where are you guys?

UP has finally managed to hire a young and capable person. This does not happen very often. I feel sad when I see with how some of the newbies invest so much enthusiasm into their job here. But it's hard to advice someone "don't try too hard... — read more 

Does Union Pacific’s decision to stop shipping fertilizer right now make sense to anyone? What the he-l are they up to now? Are they doing their part so we have a food shortage?

Time to turn off those btv and itv screens/ pc.

What happened to that program and slogan ? We should have anew 1 called sniffles an congestion coming to the USA rail network. Pick a siding , park and wait.

Its over for the Car Department. Get out while you can guys.

I started looking for a new job because my boss was behaving totally unprofessionally towards me. And then in the meantime some colleagues left. Now that same boss is talking to me in a completely different tone. I guess he's afraid that I will... — read more 

Looking for info regarding closed yards and other UP shops since 2017 or so. If it HAD been closed during the PSR period and later reopened I'd also like to know if it was a full or partial reopen. thank you

Let’s call Ghost Busters . We need them with their lazer g-ns and technology to fix all Up problems.

To all Up non agreement reading this: what are you going to do to better satisfy the customer? Reduce rr congestion? What is the plan to improve Up and rectify the problems that the STB wants fixed. ?

Now thanks to PSR and network congestion, the big boy tour is postponed and he’s hiding from testifying before the STB. It’s gotten so bad the STB is considering making it easier for shippers to request emergency service. Yes the profits are high... — read more 

The fact that my manager intervenes too often in my activities bothers and frustrates me because he doesn't do it to persuade me to do better, but he is actually trying to find a mistake in my work to demotivate me. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm... — read more 

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman questioned Class I executives about the ongoing service crisis on America’s freight railroads during a two two-day hearing in Washington D.C. Execs Respond to Criticism As Rail Service Hearing... — read more 

Is Union Pacific a good company to work for? Union Pacific has an overall rating of 2.0 out of 5, based on over 2,464 reviews left anonymously by employees. 16% of employees would recommend working at Union Pacific to a friend and 23% have a positive... — read more 

Up is mostly union employees right ? Something like 80% I think. Good to keep that in mind , as managers keep posting so many things .