Avoid for the foreseeable future - Railroad Freight Conductor Union Pacific Employee Review

1.0
Nov 10, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay can be exemplary for someone who is only a HS graduate.

Cons

You are mostly on call and will likely be furloughed annually for at least the first 5 years. They are currently making company-wide cuts in an effort to falsely inflate stock prices. This makes it difficult to have a work life balance because terminals are often under staffed.

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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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