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      Union Pacific reviews

      2.7

      32% would recommend to a friend

      (3,065 total reviews)

      Jim Vena

      25% approve of CEO

      35% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.5

      Career opportunities

      2.1

      Culture & values

      2.0

      Senior management

      1.9

      Work/Life balance

      Union Pacific has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,065 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Union Pacific employee rating is 23% below average for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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      3K reviews
      4.0
      May 20, 2016

      Great pay for difficult lifestyle, easy work

      Railroad conductor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Working the extra board and only being called into work 3-4 days a week is amazing, especially for the amount we get paid (even in guarantee).

      Cons

      Top-down management style leaves little room for local managers to improvise on their own. Emphasis on writing up trivial rule violations (like not walking across the tracks at exactly a 90 degree angle) and a lack of regard for far more important issues that actually cause safety concerns.

      5.0
      May 18, 2016

      Union Pacific

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      They provide great benefits and competitive pay.

      Cons

      Work/life balance is terrible once you move into management and the pay will not match the hours you put in.

      4.0
      May 16, 2016

      Great pay, great co-workers, little other positives.

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The pay is great, especially for the physical demand of most days of work. This is regional, obviously, but I enjoyed working with mostly every person I came in to contact with, which always makes your job better. Guys complain about the health insurance premiums, which really aren't too bad, especially since it is the same just for you or if you have a wife and 3 kids, but even then co-pays and costs are very good.

      Cons

      Work-life balance is difficult. Job security is poor, arguably even nonexistent depending on the local railroad economy (i.e. coal, fracking). Relationship between union and management is, at best, strained. You can get "fired" for any number of things, which is somewhat understandable, but if an incident occurs they have the rules written in a way that they can almost always lay blame on you.

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