FAILURE FAILURE FAILURE that is all this company looks for - Locomotive Engineer Union Pacific Employee Review

1.0
Mar 25, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay ok benefits but they are taking them year by year

Cons

24/7 365 on call you have NO life this company preaches safety but only to cover their ass it's not for the employee. If you stay marked up after six days the feds say you must have three days off that is without pay and you don't get days off so the only way to get time off is to call in sick then they threaten you with your job if you call in six times in 90 days. I think this is the only job in the world that your ONLY accomplishment it to make it through your tour of duty without getting fired and not making it to your final terminal so you get paid more. because all this company looks for is failure there are NO at a boys good job or anything close to that. THIS company is 100% reactive NOT proactive

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