Archaic thought processes and employee relations - Conductor bei Union Pacific: Mitarbeiterbewertung

1,0
16. Jän. 2022
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Pros

The pay is decent and you meet some good people working here.

Kontras

There is no stability. The benefits are steadily eroding. Reduced headcount means more hours at work performing additional duties with increased pressure from supervisors to turn lead into gold. Steadily assets, equipment, manpower and infrastructure is being mothballed to keep stocks high resulting in increased pressure on existing work groups to maintain an industry with self inflicted mortal wounds. These people feel they own you once you are here. Your grandfather passed away? Sorry not covered under bereavement, better show up to work. Sick with COVID? Better burn up your vacation or collect unemployment. Kids are graduating? Cool, hope they enjoy the ceremony without you. You will most likely work every holiday, and for at least 20 years only have a weekend off when you take vacation. For 30+ years you are a piece of equipment. Once you accept that, you come to understand why this place does nothing to help the work life balance.

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5,0
20. Apr. 2026
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Pros

Great flexibility and opportunity to move around within the company

Kontras

You travel a good amount for the role depending on your work location.

3,0
6. Juli 2026
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Pros

Good benefits Work about every other day Pay has potential to be good

Kontras

New hires do 100% of the work for 80% of the pay and won’t get fully compensated for the first 4 years. They are also expected to know every transportation job on site rather than focusing on one area like guys who have been here longer so 20% less pay but required to know more, do more, have to wear orange hats for a full year allowing management to easily identify them on camera or in person so they can watch them more closely hoping to catch them breaking a rule. So less pay but a more stressful work place requiring you to know more and get singled out hoping to catch them in a mistake. There is absolutely zero work life balance. Coming from a place where I had 20 plus years and able to hold a decent amount of PTO to getting a single day of paid vacation the first year and trying to balance a family life while also trying to provide for them is impossible. You sacrifice seeing your children grow up, play sports, go on vacations with them so you can provide for them. By the time you have enough years in to take a vacation with them they are grown and you missed the most important years of their lives. I know this as a child of a railroader and now as a parent who’s children barely get to see him.

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