Judging by the number of UP employees who are looking for other jobs the railroad may not even have a workforce to layoff in the next round. I know because I'm getting the resumes sent to me. I got got five last week alone. I gather the IT and mechanical employees aren't very happy with their jobs.
UP was toxic when I left. I can't imagine what it must be like now.
From @YIiHy3x-bmx, well said.
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The managers at UP, especially the first line managers, don't know any more than the workforce about who is getting laid off and where. Also, the managers compensation is actually below average for the level of responsibility and time spent on the job. It should be around $120k/year. It's not.
I was considered a "bad" manager at UP because I stood by my men and found other things to do with my time besides write them up for how they stored their shovels (ex. buying them water so they wouldn't collapse from heatstroke). Trust me, I was as subject to the harassment and lack of support that UP dolls out as any agreement employee. This is the main reason that I left.
I think most of you nailed it regarding the useless degrees that many managers have, and how unqualified most of them seem to be for the position (ex. no apparent leadership or people skills). This appears to be the kind of leader UP wants, and from what saw it goes all the way to the top. I never understood it and I never will. Glad I got out when I did.
Managers making a lot of money is a fallacy. They work them so much they are making peanuts per hour. Let’s say you got an myo you’re working 80 hours a week. Say he’s making 90k a year. That’s pretty much the equivalent of having two guys you pay 45k to each work a 40 hour work week for a goal of 80 hours worked between them. But a dude making 45k for a 40 hour work week schedule won’t put up with as much c-ap and won’t want a rotating shift with days and nights and calling him in on his off days and working Christmas. So instead you give one guy a 90k job and make him work the hours of at least two people and he thinks he’s got it so good and will eat c-ap. 99% of UP’s managers now are Phoenix online grads. Nobody else wants that garbage.
Managers know they’re making a lot of money at UP and see that the workers are the ones being laid off, so they’ll probably hang out and hope for severance or for the layoffs to be over. Golden handcuffs can be heavy.
All managers are clowns....none are good for their word. Every single one of them talks sh*t on the company but none follow through with any of their idle threats. There was one that stood up to them and told them he wasn't going to work his days off and was promptly terminated. So there ya go.......
Common sense would say the OP is correct, but it’s not true based on all the managers I’ve seen talk a good game about leaving but keep on staying and taking it.
According to the survey most people planned to stay for the next 12 months. That's what the executives are saying is a positive indication that morale is getting better.