This is a company where some managers very openly let people know that they are replaceable and irrelevant. At the previous company, at least I had a manager who was a little more respectful. I'm leaving, but I'm still interested in whether there... —  read more 

They keep happily chasing people away but when it's time to hire again, and that time will come sooner than they think, nobody will want to join because everybody knows what kind of cr---y place this is. Who in their right mind would choose to work... —  read more 

To cut down on cost in various locations they stopped the bottled water, supplied employees with mugs to get water from filtered faucet. Smart

Less employees needed. Common sense. Shut those Ca. yards down. Which location is next?? L.A. area..

Been working at a job site most of the day, no trains have gone by site. Same thing happened yesterday . Where have all the trains gone ? Can’t believe it , by main track and no trains for 2 days. C’mon man , is this a rr ?

PLEASE TELL US, HOW MANY AT YOUR TERMINAL DO YOU NEED FOR NEW HIRES??

I been seeing volunteer rail relief crew taxi drivers again . Are they doing that where you work?

We had 15 guys and girls quit right after training in Bakersfield and the company said there was no work for them anywhere. But Stockton,Calif. They all QUIT. Need another 50 guys!! Trains are tying down

Our contract will be soon ratified. The union says will be getting a little over $40 an hours plus back pay. I love it!

My work group got a new manager. Our old manager was the worst any of us had ever seen. He was totally incompetent, indifferent to the point of being an A-ho-e in regards towards wasting others time and efforts, and a liar. This new manager... —  read more 

What happened to the sunshine and rainbows we used to get pumped every trip? I want a refund.

Congestion is horrible. Morale is low. STB investigation. Legitimate talk of a strike. It has all happened since he took over

Up getting hammered bad by Stb in California. Up has strict orders to delivery plenty of feed to chicken farming place. Stb doing close supervision to be sure they get unit trains of feed on time.

I always thought when one railroad union went on strike we all did?? So much for solidarity I guess. Guess our unions will sit back and watch them.

The trains will be there tomorrow boys.

I give to the friend to friend network . It helps pay a bit of expenses of injured or sick employees and people in their family .

It is quite certain that it was better to work here a few years ago than it is now. I may be exaggerating, but I think the opposite is true in the case of management, it is easier to be a manager here now than ever before. What do you think?

Good article in Trains.com about the STB not happy about the 4 class 1 rr poor performance and reporting. STB rated Uprr worst.

FRA is doing spot checks on people working by the tracks. Good time to be sure the foul time or it’d book is filled out. They checking on track safety stuff.

A lot of people are leaving and it is very obvious that UP has big problems with hiring because rarely does anyone want to work here anymore. On the other hand, inflation bites into the company's profit and the economy will very likely tip into a... —  read more 

Took taxes out for employee recognition never received any money.. What a scam..

Alot of them wanting to go back to their craft because they can't handle the stress. Truthfully they should find and get another job. If they can't handle it now, what makes them think they'll be able to handle being back in tools.

May not bode well for the remaining execs...we shall see.

I came here recently. I didn't have high expectations, but I didn't think it would be this bad. Is this now the worst UP has ever been or have there been worse periods before?

Plan on working forced 16 hour shifts.

Inflation is huge, recession is very likely, and the workload is increasing. Will we ever get a significant pay raise? How much longer will the solution to all employee problems here be to go out and get a new job?

Up got $20 billon in record earnings. Where did it all go ? I did not get any of it.

Those itv/btv crew room tv are so boring. They show the same stories over and over. Weather report is best thing on there.

Yard air in the Lathrop and Stockton California Yard. According to TSS they're unoperable. The middle break hoses are cut, broken from goat drivers running them over daily. I guarantee air isn't being ran.

I’m a college graduate with a hair bun, skinny jeans, and no railroad experience but I am a yes man. How long until my next promotion?

Just had some of the new hires quit. They worked a few weeks on the out of town jobs to see what the rr life is like.

How many dispatchers were furloughed last year ? How many came back to work at Up ? My point is to say if ya don’t have experienced , qualified dispatchers, how you going to run a rr to get rid of all train and car delivery delays ?

Unfortunately it is only by more and more people quitting is what will force UP as a company to change and treat employees better. Does anyone else think that higher attrition rates can motivate UP to treat the remaining employees little better?... —  read more 

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Where did Jim vena go? Who’s he work for?

30 cars hit the ground and toppled over.....BIG train too LOL

Just read about them making the Powder river coal trains 4 miles long soon. Wow , that won’t be much fun.

Which towns are using borrow out tey people ? I heard Stockton is 300 short on crews .

UP is just a stain on my resume, nothing more. Managers mostly strive to make living he-l out of employees' lives. Morale is very low and almost everyone I know is convinced that it can only get worse from here.