Get ready Jenks you're about to get very hard in the next week or so!!!! Lots of people are about to be sitting at the house unemployed.

Change my mind.

Heard metra is taking over, all white hats are sh-ting! Any news about this?

Mark my word.

Dont think for one minute your job is safe, chances are its not. PSR has only skimmed the top of the surface, expect another 1200 to be gone by Christmas. Make no mistake PSR is an Ocean and what you know about it is a drop of rain. Word of advice... — read more 

Whats up in El Paso, heard the axe came down?

Yes it’s an ironic number. It’s the Ethics hotline.

Get ready the layoffs are coming, productivity is down and we are staring layoffs in the face according to our senior manager. We can't Wait till these managers get hit and are gone. So tired of their propaganda lies and B.S. overtime has been shut... — read more 

I want to say thank you the old heads that paved the way. You put up with alot of nonsense. I want to do like no one else and say thank you to all the wisdom and training you have provided. I wish you guys well in your retirement.

Does anyone know what was asked for in the new contract.

Mechanical All the young well trained machinist and electrical employees are mostly gone now laid off All the rest of us know everything about the old units that are in storage they should have tried to offer some incentives for the older workers... — read more 

40-50 furloughs coming in the LA Basin (Commerce, Dolores, West Colton) in the next 60 days, spread across all crafts (Electrician, Machinist, MSO).

That is what is going on here. Yes, we get it....nobody likes the company or it's leadership right now. We feel the unions are weak. PSR is a scam to make shareholders rich. Blah blah blah. It is getting so old. Can we please just post relevant... — read more 

Can some brain trusts explain the UP phenomenon? One can browse other railroad comments on this Layoffs.com site. UP realizes an exponentially higher posting rate. In actuality, you can add up ALL the other railroad posts and it would not equal the... — read more 

Beth, asked about why there are so many nasty feelings in the field and what can be done to improve attitudes. She is upset with the disrespect. What can we do to make her feel better?

The ax man himself is here. Its bad. VERY BAD! It's like a bad episode of Oprah. You get a furlough, and you get a furlough. WE ALL GET FURLOUGHS! He's just getting started.

Stock Market (rigged) at all time high. National Debt all time high Housing Debt all time high Automobile Debt all time high Student Loan Debt All time high Credit Card Debt all time high QE printing money at 75 bill+ a day Bank Bailouts... — read more 

Just Sold all my stock Who's next

Now that the railroads have sued SMART-TD to reopen crew consist, the conductor jobs will probably be gone. Where are the protections we so need, where is the job security we were promised, why are we still supporting feckless union leadership?

Sounds like, a merger is on the table. All of these for trackage rights. At times I wonder if these executives just sit on thier laptops playing Oregon Trail. Big Dummies.

The Auxiliary work boards are being cut system wide thus furloughing them no pay no benefits after a period of time Trying to hit year end numbers the easy way wack the employees their highest expense item, broadcast message went out today to awrr... — read more 

When will we start seeing these managers get cut. There are so many walking around doing nothing really you need two to three per shift plus senior manager plus director. These guy's can't manage their way out of a wet paper sack. Pure pathetic.

I'm expecting the stock price to continue to rise through year-end, especially in the wake of continued layoffs. As a former employee, I have accumulated a lot of company stock and purchased it via my 401K as well. Anyone care to share their plans... — read more 

Lance and Fritz the two clowns that took down a great transportation company

Where yall at whistleblowers?!? No one no more about the company then the workers from within. How can a company sacrifice so much safety issues and horrible repair by deferment for profit that they continually break every qt? So surprised someone... — read more 

I’ve been in the railroad business for a long time, and I can say with certainty that job safety was at a higher level 20 years ago than it is now. We all know that the main reason for that isn’t anything else but the willingness of the leadership to... — read more 

Provisio board chopped up again. Awrr board cut more than half. Advised by manger conductors cut by 40% within a year company wide. PSR needs 60 percent only.

Havent heard alot from this Union since the PSR implementation. As of late, nothing at all. The last thing I heard was to "make sure to protect your jobs", well is that what a little under a 100 a month gets you nowadays? Seriously, where are they?... — read more 

Is the Carmen craft becoming obsolete? Id like to open up a discussion on the latest state of affairs at the class 1 yards left. For instance, West Colton from what I have heard are no longer inspecting, just pushing cars through as fast as... — read more 

I hear the big man is coming to houston on Wednesday. Anyone hear anything? Would be nice to know what’s going to take place.

When is our money from the IRS coming??

It's ten times easier to find a job when you already have one than when you're already out on your a**. Remember that, folks.

Any hear rumors of Neff being sold to kcs and cp

Ive been hearing a lot of rumors regarding more workforce reductions in the Car Department at West Colton. Is there any truth to this, I would think it plausible considering another 1200 employees system wide will be cut by end of this years last... — read more 

Supposedly, if you are hired on as a manager and you quit within a year of your start date, UP can (they claim) force you to pay back the cost of relocation if you accepted a relocation package, and to pay back any money they spent to train you. I... — read more 

Anyone know how many hump yards are still open in UP? Also, what are their locations?

Been hearing from several conductors and engineers that there have been several instances lately where multiple managers have tried to ride the same train. One manager will get on at the departure point and perhaps another manager catches a limo and... — read more 

So what is the point of having these back office management types ride trains EVERY day? And still have to accomplish all their original duties? It does not bother me they're on there because so far every one of them has sh– talked PSR the... — read more