Great job with draw backs - Engineer Union Pacific Employee Review

1.0
Dec 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Pension. Pay is only base salary, average for engineer is about 100k. If you like trains then this is your job.

Cons

Horrible hours, never know when you go to work. You may work all night with zero sleep. You can work outside a lot. You will miss holidays and special family events. Jobs are based on seniority, if economy is bad you may face temporary layoffs.

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Pros

Great flexibility and opportunity to move around within the company

Cons

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4.0
Jul 16, 2026
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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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