Western Railroad Discussion > UP cuts management

https://apnews.com/1a0ea4831a144bf58c2d286b9a09e8ed

How many positions were eliminated in the Law Department?

Better link:

http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/business/union-pacific-lays-500-managers-250-rail-workers-article-1.3416221

goldcoast Wrote:
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> How many positions were eliminated in the Law
> Department?

You NEVER cut the legal department.......you give them a raise.

People work hard on the railroad and there is nothing they run out of to do. So now the railroad has no heart and gets rid of people who were doing their job and to hell with their families and retirement goals. Cold man, just cold. And, what does that do the ones left at work. Scares the hell out of them wondering when they will be next.

tomstp Wrote:
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> People work hard on the railroad and there is
> nothing they run out of to do. So now the
> railroad has no heart and gets rid of people who
> were doing their job and to hell with their
> families and retirement goals. Cold man, just
> cold. And, what does that do the ones left at
> work. Scares the hell out of them wondering when
> they will be next.

Gotta feed the Wall St analysts, quarterly results/guidance you know.

Sounds like the SP, sales goes down you cut sales and marketing, never mind that the problem isn't in the
middle but rather at the top.

Out

Cumbresfan Wrote:
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> Better link:
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> http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/business
> /union-pacific-lays-500-managers-250-rail-workers-
> article-1.3416221

How is a link to a local paper which is republishing an AP story better than the link to the direct story on AP? Content is the exact same.

Apparently UP wants to dig themselves into the same hole that CSXT is digging itself into, except CSXT's hole is starting to look like a grave!

Ted Curphey
Ontario, OR

jst3751 Wrote:
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> Cumbresfan Wrote:
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> > Better link:
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> >
> http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/business
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> >
> /union-pacific-lays-500-managers-250-rail-workers-
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> > article-1.3416221
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> How is a link to a local paper which is
> republishing an AP story better than the link to
> the direct story on AP? Content is the exact same.

For some reason, I couldn't get the AP link to load so found another. Probably "better" wasn't the best word to use.

Mr. Fritz must have listened to one of EHH's speeches ! If anything goes wrong, he'll blame the workers .

And in another way to increase the bottom line, UP announced yesterday that California was "Constrained" and is increasing the 53' UMXU and EMHU rates from California to Chicago by $815 plus fuel. This is a month earlier than normal for them to take Peak Season increases and the largest ever. This goes against the market as there are plenty of empty containers for reloading in California and I have had no issues getting gate reservations in LA and Lathrop.

Definitely sucks for the people involved, although these announcements often include jobs that are presently unfilled. So that promotion doesn't happen, etc.

Companies develop a lot of dead wood. In management and on the shop floor. And sometimes don't want to thin out the ranks. So, they need a chain saw when it's time.

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The UP Law Dept. is bloated.

That "plus fuel" costs is really something. I understood that when fuel was over $ 3. a gallon. But, just like government, you never get rid of the avenue to charge MORE.

DLM Wrote:
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> And in another way to increase the bottom line, UP
> announced yesterday that California was
> "Constrained" and is increasing the 53' UMXU and
> EMHU rates from California to Chicago by $815 plus
> fuel. This is a month earlier than normal for them
> to take Peak Season increases and the largest
> ever. This goes against the market as there are
> plenty of empty containers for reloading in
> California and I have had no issues getting gate
> reservations in LA and Lathrop.


So...my question would be is BNSF doing the same??



Allen

Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Definitely sucks for the people involved, although
> these announcements often include jobs that are
> presently unfilled. So that promotion doesn't
> happen, etc.
>
> Companies develop a lot of dead wood. In
> management and on the shop floor. And sometimes
> don't want to thin out the ranks. So, they need a
> chain saw when it's time.
>
> Posted from Android



They are too many Management people in any Big Company Today, Them people should be cut and thin the management people to better number for UP Railroad. Amtrak has too many management too they need to cut too.

So...my question would be is BNSF doing the same??

Allen

No, the BNSF would not as they do not have their own fleet of 53' containers. Schneider, Hunt, and others are free to do what ever they want with pricing. I share a customer with Hunt and their rates remain the same year around for this customer out of California. On a small volume shippers, many do follow the lead of the UP.

I personally know 2 Managers who have been cut already, one top MofW retired early and his son in Finance just dumped. Hope they can keep justifying a steam program... === === = === JLH

You shouldn't be surprised by this. I refer you to Fred Frailey's Jan. 1, 2016 column in TRAINS magazine titled "The Party's Over". I reread it this morning. It's still on the 'net. Just type in his name and the title of the column.