Family life is gone. - Freight Conductor Union Pacific Employee Review

1.0
Dec 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good money for high school education

Cons

No work life balance. On call 24/7(no joke). No Holidays off No paid sick leave Working all shifts. Working outside regardless of weather conditions. Hypocrisy. Rules only matter when they need to punish employees, otherwise safety and rules don’t matter as long as you move freight.

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Cons

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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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