Terrible management, a little racist - Traveling Material Clerk Union Pacific Employee Review

1.0
21 Oct 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay, good benefits, M-F facility

Cons

Management micromanages the crap out of employees, managers will chase you down for not holding a handrail or putting your hands in your pockets, clearly they have nothing to do other than watch your every move. My supervisor i had was bipolar, they pretend to care but then challenge something once and they’ll kick you to the curb like yesterdays trash. Being I was the only white person in the department I felt I was hired so they could say "we tried" but I could feel some racism from a couple of my co-workers. Despite learning quick, being on time I was let go for no reason, never given a chance to improve or given feedback how to do better by anyone. UP may have some good areas to it, but this Pulaski location is very basis and I felt welcome by some of my co-workers, but management hasn't a damn clue when it comes to good employees with good ideas.

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Cons

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