Layoffs are done and have been for quite some time now.

I was the only one in the room offered a job; $52k a year to start. HOWEVER, if they need you to come in on a day or night off, you have to be there in 45 minutes, or explain to the next person on the list why you couldn't. Also you may... — read more 

Leadership is the most fundamental element of any endeavor that requires the application of a broad range of skills from various individuals. The most fundamental element of leadership is the trust placed in the leaders by those who are led. When... — read more 

Candid discussion on how to make work place safer??....   Well i think we are having so many fatalities and incidents due to the fact of not knowing if we will be employed tomorrow. UP is using this tactic to scare employees saying if you are not... — read more 

Layoffs left and right, furloughs, people working on the verge of their possibilities, not to mention on the verge of the minimum of safety. Just keep wondering when this whole company is going to tumble down?

This morning supply chain cut all the UP agreement operators and are bringing in contractors. They offered some of the guys jobs with the contracting company for much less pay. What a slap in the face. It is 100% non agreement now.

https://moneyinc.com/worst-companies-to-work-for/

Anyone sent home in KC today? Were the Special Agents there as one poster claimed they heard would be? Let's start debunking all these ridiculous tantrums being thrown buy the "mistreated" furloughed managers of years past. Move along to another... — read more 

Cutting more jobs almost every day. Precision railroading is all about running company in the ground for rich to get richer and laying off thousands to do it. System will not work it's a short term massive stock market gain. Then sell out and... — read more 

I want to report some shenanigans with this site. My IP address was absolutely blocked. Lately, I have been trying to comment, and nothing showed up. Thereon, my Wi-Fi was turned off. Subsequently using data. Then it worked. Again, tried with my... — read more 

Union Pacific having to many crossing accidents with trains, lives being destroyed, massive job layoffs, yet the stock keeps rising. Lawsuits galore yet its business as usual. I cannot understand this company at all. Lean Six Sigma, is the new... — read more 

Oct 8th there is talk of a huge announcement right after family day. Local chairman says it's not good but would not go into detsils of what's coming bug that it's going to effect alot of people and it isn't good Just a heads up. Possible Jenks... — read more 

These past six months have been so stressful that they feel more like six years. I don't remember ever feeling as beat up after every workweek as I am these days. The worst part is it seems like things will get much worse before they get any... — read more 

Look at the numbers Lance and Jim. Do the employee to manager ratio formula. That's another way to save money.

Special Agents told to be in KC on Monday morning. Some announcement. Rumors about closing the hump. Anyone else hearing this?

There are a few VPs that got some bad news this week. Did you have any Exec level meetings that got cancelled without a reason this week? If you did, it could be because that Executive was told that they no longer have a job, or no longer have the... — read more 

Post how many Foreman have been pulled out of service and locations. Been hearing in the past few weeks that Foreman are being pulled out.

Abolished 3 FG1 jobs posting them back up as Manager positions. More pay but way worst insurance. Seems like UP wants the control/ability to change their schedule at a moments notice and fire them easily since they are non union. At least UP is... — read more 

UP relies heavily on internal polling that gives distorted results. A lot of people don't participate, and the people who do often don't give honest answers for fear of retaliation. If UP wants to fix their broken culture, then they can start by... — read more 

All Fgs are out at jenks. More furloughs coming.

Why are we consistently the lowest scored publicly traded company on Glassdoor dot com? Employees are not happy and nobody does anything about it. How can you have a viable business if your employees hate you - or, is it that we grade our company... — read more 

Lyndon Tennison retired, that's what happened. He understood the power of IT and how it could transform UP. He also understood that it's tremendously expensive to actually recruit talented people and retain them. BlackRock, Fritz, and the new Board... — read more 

I ask this question in all seriousness. If we acknowledge that layoffs are just part of our norm now, how do we heal and move forward? I am certainly not minimizing what everyone has felt and has been through the last few years. While we cannot... — read more 

The trains have become to long. And not enough crew members. They block intersections. Ambulances can not get through. If they lose air.. what happens? You could have dead railroaders. Like in Wyoming. Run away train. What politicians does... — read more 

IT management is now concerned about how they can keep the lights on. Puke.

I am one of the furloughed employees from the Bailey Yard. The predicament that I am in is that 2 years ago I bought a house in North Platte and I am stuck with it now. Looking at real estate/rental data, prices are dropping like crazy. The question... — read more 

Truth. By December 20th.

Where were these layoffs in Chicago? Work for the service unit and havent heard anything lately other than mechanical is getting a director changeout and lost a few foremen generals. just wondering… This was originally asked by @116KVXQM-1wkc... — read more 

Any updates on nlr, its been awful quite from that place. One must assume a huge layoff is eminent. Managment has been very quite.

It seems that the constant stream of fake reviews on Glassdoor still isn't enough to keep his approval ratings at 12%. The UP review troops seem to be holding the line over at Indeed though. Keep leaving reviews until he gets to 0%. It won't... — read more 

I guess if you don't make 70% they will keep laying off until they reach there goals. It's crazy because were already short handed nobody cares about safety anymore or even working here. They rather take the layoff then come into work and mabe not go... — read more 

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... — read more 

Benefits: use less gas, less money for child care, 3 day weekends, more time with famiy, about 52 extra days off a year, ability to work 2 extra days a week of over time and still having a day off. How can we get the ball rolling for 4 tens? ... But... — read more 

Hinkle will now be owned by the BN. Operations to start early next year.

You can always tell when you’re dealing with a rep from the legal team or upper management because no hourly wage employee is going to come on this site during his 10 hours undisturbed rest to vehemently defend the company. And the junior managers... — read more