Worth it if you can wait out your seniority - Anonymous employee Union Pacific Employee Review

4.0
Sep 13, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great salary, good job with emphasis on safety

Cons

Waiting to become senior enough to not have to worry if you'll have a job is a bit of a bear Management can be out to get you at times

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Cons

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Pros

There are several pros working for Union Pacific. Pros are the pay, union membership, and opportunities to travel

Cons

Cons are also Travel. The shift I am on you are supposed to be gone for eight d ays and home for six. But it actually translates into gone for 9 1/2 days by the time you include your travel days which put you only home for 4 to 4 1/2 days every 14 days.

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