Where did August 16th Lance and Beth go?

Here are a couple sound bytes from August 16th to brighten your day:

“My goal is to move very quickly to help employees feel very very very good about the experience they’re having at Union Pacific.” ~Beth Whited

“We’re working hard to make sure that every employee that sees changes that are happening based on their feedback.” ~Lance Fritz

“There are no planned upcoming layoffs.” ~Lance Fritz

“What I do know is that an engaged workforce who feels good about what they are doing, they feel valued by their employer, are going to give you a stronger effort and we have to take some of those kind of things off the table because I don’t want, myself, the workforce feeling hurt and disengaged, so it’s up to us to make sure we change that.” ~Beth Whited

“I made a mistake. We made a critical mistake last year in being a little clumsy and not accessing feedback from our employees prior to making such a fundamental change. I don’t doubt that that has something to do with the questions I get by our employee population around morale, or engagement, or how it feels, and that’s a really good marker to use to say, boy I got that wrong, and we’re going to address that, and we’re going to address that right now.” ~Lance Fritz

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Managers' emphasis on business strategy and the numbers first at the expense of people, quality, and execution. The typical base of modern management is mechanical emphasizing numbers and systems. Yet there is nothing easier than fudging the numbers; and most systems quickly become hothouses for exponentially increasing and inevitably debilitating bureaucracy. These hard ideas are anything but hard, inviolable truths. Both numbers and systems are unquestionably imperative for running any business, but they are not the bedrock.

The bedrock comes in the form of deep-seated respect for the workforce - from managers who are out of their offices and engaged where the work is done.

Peters, T. (2013). Standard of excellence. Leadership Excellence, 30(5), 9.

Lance? Beth? Your Rebuttal.......

As employees, all we ask for is honesty and to be shown a little respect. Outright lies show how little they care about the people. Money is the one and only driver for anything they do. We are s---ers to believe they even care a little bit.

You forgot the “that’s a great question!” Lance.

Beth let go of Pete in charge of EEO... good luck with those investigations!

They had a board meeting shortly after this. Then they were told what to do.

Beth has had a long history of going after employees that could be considered age discrimination. If the states EEO department is reading these I encourage you to look into this. If you are looking for witnesses please leave contact info here, I’ll gladly reach out to you with evidence.

All Lies!!!! Makes me so sad cause I really loved my job and was great at it. Thought I was going to be a Railroader for life.

Wow... you can see that both of those f---ers have zero integrity and respect for their words. Total B.S. to get the big fat bonus and shares.. Sounds good no Knight?

Insider Relation Last Date ▼ Transaction Type Owner Type Shares Traded Last Price Shares Held

KNIGHT ROBERT M JR Officer 09/24/2018 Automatic Sell indirect 20,000 163.8052 288,759

Again, Lance Fritz is the biggest BS'er I've seen recently! Listening to those townhalls is a joke, and always has been with him! He got back on there, and admitted he made a mistake! Just like when they said there are no planned layoffs! Ok so the current layoffs weren't planned then? The UP is a sinking ship! Everyone needs to jump ship NOW! The initial fall will probably hurt, but at least you won't go down with it! DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS MAN! This company is going to screw you any chance they get! There's other jobs out there people! This place is simply not worth it anymore!

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