Trading soul and lifestyle for money - Freight Conductor Union Pacific Employee Review

1.0
Jan 19, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is above average for a entry level position. Unforgettable brotherhood forged with coworkers.

Cons

Massive disconnect between agreement and non-agreement employees. Morale with all employees including low level management is extremely low, and everyone lives in a state of fear not knowing if they will have a job the next day. Company is actively trying to automate as many jobs as technologically possible. Senior management is ONLY focused on the shareholder not the employee. You are only a number. Meaning your ideas, passion, and performance mean nothing.

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Great flexibility and opportunity to move around within the company

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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