I and many others in my san Antonio service unit do not believe the positive numbers the survey shows .what do you guys think?
This could have been done so much better
I've heard about the semi-serious hiring being done at a few locations. Why do the hiring now? Wouldn't it have just been easier to keep enough people on hand in case things started getting out of hand like EVERYONE predicted it would? Hey Fritzy... — read more
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The unseen hand strikes again. Worse than the media.
UP hiring hard on the LASU.
UP is trying to hire hard on the LASU and provide protection for West Colton, Gemco, SLO and Yermo and LB and LA harbors. Please hire on. We need days off.
THE SOPRANOS HAVE FALLEN!
How in the he-l are you supposed to count on the union to protect you when they can't even protect themselves?! PEW PEW!!!! I sure hope they are fighting harder for your contracts than they do for themselves!
We're the Union Pacific, and We're Giving You Cancer
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/09/18/fifth-ward-residents-demand-answers-from-union-pacific-railroad-about-cancer-cluster-found-in-neighborhood/
New covid-19 guidance for omaha dispatchers
the ceo has instructed that it doesn't matter if you've had the moderna or johnson & johnson vaccine, he wants to personally watch you take two shots in the rear from a male UP nurse. if you have a problem with this you are a conspiracy theorist. ... — read more
Is there a choice?
I wouldn’t get involved in the whole discussion about whether people should be vaccinated or not. It's none of my business. I don't want to persuade or discourage anyone from getting vaccinated. However, I know a few people who are already thinking... — read more
On Vaccine Mandates....
Hope UP Law is remembering the way they are implementing this "mandate" on companies is because of Marbury v. Madison. Just like any of the mandates passed they should be tossed. "Any law repugnant to the Constitution are null and void." Marbury v... — read more
Vaccine Mandate?
How many plan on quitting if UP mandates the covid vaccine?
Hunter
Hunter Harrison would be so proud
UP managed to surprise me
C'mon, we all knew that UP is not an employer that cares about people. I had no expectations to do well here. However, UP managed to surprise me. Everything is even worse than I could have imagined! Did you assume it would be so awful when you... — read more
HDC
Facts: 100+ dispatchers fired July-September 2020 50+ have quit since. 20+ have left for other jobs since. 0 people hired. Dispatchers are being pressured to work unrested for comp days. Dispatchers are being forced to work 2 jobs... — read more
This is insanity
Someone just sent me this Last night I put 3 empty coal trains together in Marysville ks. 9 units. Not all fired. 429 cars bout 23,000 feet. Supposedly longest train made today and first time ever attempted. Kept it in one piece and eventually... — read more
If PSR allows us to deliver a superior service product....
then why is our closest competitor BNSF pulling away from us in carloadings? For the past couple of years we have been about 30000 carloads less than them per week. When I checked today it was closer to 40000. Why is it that every metric on the... — read more
Sacrificing family and social life
I apologize that this topic is not directly related to UP but to the railroading in general: Do you manage to be a railroader on the road and have a normal family and social life? For me, it’s definitely tough. It seems impossible to reconcile... — read more
Skilled people need not apply
Too many managers and wanna be managers dont want skilled competent people. They dont care about things being done right. They only care about they themselves looking good. These types of people dont want to compete against competence, skill, or... — read more
Wow….. everyone is ok.
https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/pe57vs/let_me_try_to_beat_the_train_while_hauling_a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf This happened today in Luling, Tx
There is another life.
I left the UP 7 months ago and it was a good decision that I made. Grass isn't always greener on the other side. This time it was. I'm much happier and not depressed as I have been in the past.
Hurricane Ida
Godspeed to those staying behind and attempting to work through a hurricane… /s Honestly though, please be safe.
UP expects so much and gives so little
Like many others, I regretted ever accepting a job here. It is amazing what UP expects from employees and how little it gives us in return. I don’t believe there are many more companies with such expectations from an employees? Before I came here I... — read more
Who all stayed out in the rain and watched the Union Pacific Big Boy Steam Locomotive blows its steamy load into the hot humid air?
I know I did. I'm proud to work for union pacific. This was a historical moment and I am glad I was a part of it.
How much effort do you put into your work?
People here don’t give 100 percent of themselves and for a good reason too! UP doesn’t know how to get the best out of employees, but it knows how to make them bitter, dissatisfied and unproductive. I had a lot of great colleagues who were very... — read more
Harris Vs. UPRR
Does anybody know the details about the what? costly derailment and or trainwreck that UP is spending up to 4 million dollars a day to try and defend?? Harris WHO?
Why is b*****it permissible in business?
If you try to b*it in law/medicine/science you will be made a fool instantly as it’s not tolerated on these fields.
They don't see it as a problem at all.....
The fact that people are leaving, especially the fact that people with skills that are difficult to replace are leaving, is not seen by UP as a problem, so I don't think the employees here will see any raise for a long time. Maybe one day they'll... — read more
any UP dispatchers catching Covid?
Does anybody know if any UP DS's are catching COVID like the CSX ones are and dying?
It's not worth it anymore
The pay here is not worth the time we give to them any longer. We haven’t had a decent raise in a long time, inflation is just starting to go up and our dollar no longer spends the same. Short on manpower, stuck on 12 hour shifts per PSR playbook and... — read more
Which shops are subject to open back up?
Seeing alot more machinist and telectricians spots openings all over board. Heard south morrill nebraska is asking for more employees and they are using closed shop into offices for maintenance away crew. Any chance or rumors of opening back up and... — read more
If you ask people to do more, you need to pay them more.
Of course their plan hasn't been "revolutionary". It's the same ol' more with less it's always been. You do more work with less resources while they hound you, and reap all the benefits. Only a su---r would attack a coworker for being resentful of... — read more
Diploma over skills
It will never be clear to me why UP values a person with a degree from a mediocre university with almost no relevant experience more than a person who has acquired his knowledge over the years from the necessary practical experience? The experience... — read more
The job of a dispatcher before and now
What are the differences? I don't think it's possible to compare the work of a dispatcher a few years back and now. The job has changed a lot. It’s amazing how much work they are now asking to be done by one dispatcher here at UP. Worst of all, I... — read more
Harriman under water
https://www.ketv.com/amp/article/flash-flood-emergency-water-fills-streets-across-the-metro/37251154 Monster storm put downtown Omaha under water late last night, early this morning.
Yard master UTU VAPORIZES
The only place a Utu Yard master will be is an a yard with a hump yard. They have told St Louis Yard masters TO either exercise their seniority, or become some sort of low level Mgr. With no union ties. If they do they lose their seniority to come... — read more
Norcal serv unit
Good luck guys. Puc Fra is going to have fun. Check the airrigs and logs lol
Vaccine
Sept 1 everybody must have the jab,or don't show up to work.
Apprentice Car Repair
They're hiring apprentice car repair (Carmen) in Melrose Park. Good luck to whoever gets hired to work in that he-l ho-e. Hahaha
Finally Fra getting in them
Not sure about anyone else but the fra is on a 2 week blitz here in KC and they are hitting hard. Lack of maintenance is catching up quickly engine by engine and car car