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    Union Pacific Reviews

    Updated September 18, 2018
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    Union Pacific President & CEO Lance Fritz
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    1. "Great Company"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Great manager; the people here don't breathe down your neck making sure work gets done. Treated fairly

      Cons

      Intern work is sometimes mundane.

    2. "Conductor"

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      Current Employee - Conductor in North Little Rock, AR
      Current Employee - Conductor in North Little Rock, AR
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Union Pacific full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good pay and you can't beat the insurance

      Cons

      Very long hours. Never a set schedule.

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    3. Helpful (1)

      "Customer Service Lead"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Union Pacific full-time

      Pros

      Exposure to many aspects of Rail Service

      Cons

      60 hour weeks. Varied levels of expertise in the same wage grade.

      Advice to Management

      None

    4. Helpful (3)

      "Antiquated perception, doesn't comprehend Midwest vs Silicon Valley"

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      Current Employee - Project Engineer in Omaha, NE
      Current Employee - Project Engineer in Omaha, NE
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Union Pacific full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      I work at UPC (the headquarters) in Omaha, and the work environment here is truly wonderful. I'm in a group that has a feel like a genuine family, although I've been told that it is, by a VAST margin, the minority (possibly literally the only). There also is an incredible plethora of career paths a person can transition to.

      Cons

      We are underpaid, and undervalued. I realize everyone says that...however, I have one friend who was poached by another company who provides the exact same IT development services *TO THE RAILROAD* that this guy was already working on...and immediately went from $75k to $110k with guaranteed 10% bonus, minimum. I know multiple others who have been in the company for 20+ years who have been offered ~50% increase in salary elsewhere...they didn't take it only because they are in my same group that has a wonderful family feel (so do you want do be treated like a human being? or do you want to be paid properly? that seems to be the question.) This company, at least those in upper management, do(es) not comprehend the value of IT, programmed intelligence, or literally anything other than physical man-power on the ground and *management*. It disgusts me, because the few middle managers who brought me to the company, because of their brilliance, vision, and kindness, are the painful minority and don't actually represent the current state of upper management.

      Advice to Management

      Please realize that Omaha is in the middle of the Midwest, and that is *NOT*, I repeat *NOT* a positive fact. For those who grew up here, it may be. That is the vast minority. HR compares salaries to other equivalent companies, and scales them based on cost of living....not quality of life.

    5. Helpful (4)

      "Audit Department"

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      Former Employee - Auditor in Omaha, NE
      Former Employee - Auditor in Omaha, NE
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Union Pacific full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great pay but beware, that's how they hook you

      Cons

      Culture is bad and lagging behind the times. I would describe the culture similar to working in Corporate in the 1950s. Very hierarchical and political. Perception is super important. How you look, dress, and act is all apart of the game. Not a place to work if you want to be yourself and or work in an open/ free thinking environment.

      Advice to Management

      Culture starts top down.

    6. "dispatcher"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Union Pacific full-time

      Pros

      this is a fun job that is easy

      Cons

      i cant think of any

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Manager Terminal Ops"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      good people, decent pay and benefits

      Cons

      upper management doesn't have a clue

      Advice to Management

      retain people that know what they are doing

    8. Helpful (2)

      "Culture"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at Union Pacific full-time

      Pros

      Benefits, pay and training.

      Cons

      Has a long way to go in regards to diversity, inclusion, and engagement. If you’re looking for flexibility and fun environment this isn’t it.

      Advice to Management

      Be more flexible. A lot of the management jobs can be done in a remote location and not on a standard 8-5 schedule.

    9. "Maintainer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Union Pacific full-time

      Pros

      Great pay and benefits

      Cons

      Home life and time away

    10. "Well thought out program"

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      Current Employee - IT Summer Intern in Omaha, NE
      Current Employee - IT Summer Intern in Omaha, NE
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Union Pacific (Less than a year)

      Pros

      - housing is provided
      - becoming friends with the other interns
      - lunch & learns
      - free swag
      - own cubicle

      Cons

      - only decent projects, nothing really cool
      - railroad taxes
      - got taxed on the "free" housing given

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