Pros
Retirement, local work group mostly good
Cons
Over the past 5 or so years this company has been in a downward spiral. Local management has no power or chance to run the shop due to the overwhelming micro management from Omaha. They have eliminated incentive and advancement opportunities to near zero. They don't offer the mso's apprenticeships or ability to advance. As a craft person there is no incentive to learn or try to excel in your craft. Supervision is a joke. Local management is quickly losing interest because they are just puppets. They are taking 30 plus year managers and now making them switch shifts and rest days periodically (some 30 year managers now have Tuesday Wednesday off night shift). Classroom training is being replaced with computer based training which is very unproductive and unengaging. Difficult to stay interested in etc. Our pay is falling behind other industries and our proposed contract is a joke all while UP is making record quarterly profit and enjoying a monstrous Trump tax break. 10 years ago we were a family type business where employees would recommend friends and family to work here. Now I don't think anyone would refer a person they care about.