Money in spite of itself - Senior Project Engineer Union Pacific Employee Review

2.0
18 July 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The best reason to work for Union Pacific is the fact that its not going anywhere, Its not going to go bankrupt or close its doors.

Cons

Some of the downsides of working at Union Pacific Railroad are long hours, and if you dare get a promotion or a raise, don't ever expect a life. Management makes decisions that hurt the people actually doing the work, never considering the consequences just trying to save a buck. Yet, they will waste money on a ideas that never seem to work or order hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of junk and let it sit in storage to find out that they don't need it.

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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