They create the narrative they want rather than reality. - Operations Manager Union Pacific Employee Review

1.0
Nov 10, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

UP is a great place to work if you desire a good salary, benefits, and retirement plan options. Just like everything, the positives come at a cost much higher than the return to make it worthwhile.

Cons

The company is all about the ideas they create as a desired outcome, then push people into buckets to make their reality true. The rating system is ridiculous and they bunch people into the buckets management has determined with little relation to employee performance.

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5.0
Apr 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great flexibility and opportunity to move around within the company

Cons

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

4.0
Jul 16, 2026
Recommend
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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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