Union Pacific reviews

3 shifts.. no differential. Pay is the same wherever you work.. Same in Kansas or California. Only one choice for benefits, because contract is negotiated. No sick pay, so people come to work sick. Have to work 120 working days to get 1 week of vacation the first year, then 2 weeks there after. So if you arrive in November, don't expect any time off til the year after next.... To get one week. Can or will be forced in on holidays for low seniority. Company is always abolishing jobs, bidding and bumping (encouraged). Can't get comfortable in your position, because we have to abolish and rewrite the job..... Such a barbaric process. Its all about the Benjamin's for this company. Micro managed at every possible level.

The hours can be brutal. My shop's managers worked a salaried 55+ hour work week, half of us were the night shift managers w/ 12-13 hour shifts. This means you'll be lucky to have 1 rest-day that falls on a 'normal' weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun). At my shop, if you took a vacation day, that usually meant that another manager had to come in off their rest day to cover your shift. In the case that an older manager takes a week off, you may be working 7-9 consecutive days. As much as my management raved about the annual salary, I only saw ~61% of my paycheck (assuming no 401k contribution), which is the the downside of railroad retirement :( If working as a non-Omaha manager, prepare to relocate to a random location every 1-2 years (if you perform your job really well or are hated by your coworkers at your current location). IF you were hired as a manager right after graduating college, you will be resented and disliked by quite a few union workers. By all means, this isn't a deal breaker, but you'll have to learn how to improve union relations right off the bat. It was interesting to see the management vs. union struggles during my time with Union Pacific.