My father worked for 32 years. God bless you guys. I missed my Dad.
@mikeyb83133 жыл бұрын
“Just know when you’re furloughed you’re still working.” Pretty sure when I work I get a paycheck. Biggest down play of a furlough I have heard.
@potatosurfing67793 жыл бұрын
get a spot award!
@jackshittle3 жыл бұрын
Away from home 36 hours at a time. Missing your kids games, birthdays & holidays. Working in blizzard to scorching hot weather conditions. Never knowing if you're going to get called to work at any random time. Being furloughed is normal. First 5 years or so sucks, etc. Wow, sounds awfully tempting 😂
@absolutelynonameslef2 жыл бұрын
If you make it 5yrs without being laid off...
@jackshittle2 жыл бұрын
@@absolutelynonameslef Sounds like another one of those jobs that was really, really great at one point - but as time as passed on - has a become a shit job/company to rely on. Who knows? I can only go by watching videos/reading comments.
@brettbanta2100 Жыл бұрын
@@jackshittleI think you're pretty spot on
@25mmapdst6 ай бұрын
It’s what you make of it. 12 years as a conductor so far. It’s definitely not for everyone. I enjoy the job. Make a lot of money with only high school diploma. Benefits are great, good retirement at the end. Takes care of my family very well. But yes definitely are negatives. Miss a lot of family things, holidays birthdays all true. Sucks when you lay down to sleep and the phone rings to get up and go to work. It is what it is though definitely not for everyone that’s for sure. It’s for me though I don’t mind most of it anyway
@pm89344 ай бұрын
@@25mmapdsti just got the offer. Anything I should prepare for or be aware of? I’ll be training out of chicago
@mgamga94762 жыл бұрын
Just like my job. Seniority is everything. I used to say. "Seniority sucks when you have no Seniority". 16 yrs later I am a shop stewart and #1 in Seniority in my district. So hang in there you will get Seniority as time goes by. Union jobs are the best.
@comradeeverclear40632 жыл бұрын
Not all of them. The post office fucking sucks. The union does absolutely nothing to discipline abusive managers.
@jamescooper38782 жыл бұрын
I'm a union steelworker and we go by seniority.... Local 979
@studinthemaking Жыл бұрын
What if you die or retire before you get seniority?
@mgamga9476 Жыл бұрын
@@studinthemaking than you don't need to worry about it.
@TravisCyprien6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for finally updating this. Now please update the online test to reflect the right position a person is applying for and not off the wall with other positions.
@_cyan27422 жыл бұрын
it's painfully honest, but it's an honest job and keeps america on the move, god bless you all who work for such an icon
@JohnR.19686 жыл бұрын
I'm glad they say it is not all glamous,alot of people go in thinking it's easy,it's NOT!! Do you're best!!good luck!!!
@veasg4 жыл бұрын
The job is easy as shit. The hours are long as fuck!
@B10Mman3 жыл бұрын
@@veasg I agree with you to a point, if it was easy as shit every bastard would be doing it. But it's not and not everyone can do it. Usually its the hours that kill most newbies.
@veasg3 жыл бұрын
@@B10Mman true. It's the hours and being oncall 24/7. The work isn't hard, if it is then you're doing something wrong.
@DCoombs9282 жыл бұрын
At first i had a dream to run the trains with the UP. But I attended trade school, obtained my associates in diesel technology. And a good thing i did because now i am working at a contractor shop on locomotives. 60 percent of our work comes from the UP if the local Fleet shop gets backlogged, we get that backlog. I knew multiple friends who work for the UP and they had given me 2 options personal life or the UPRR. I decided to go personal life and got a skilled trade learned. Yet getting educated in diesel tech, you can work on the railroad with a steady workflow and have a set shift 100 percent of the time
@joekillingsworth90024 ай бұрын
Let me guess no union & definitely no RxR retirement
@DCoombs9284 ай бұрын
@@joekillingsworth9002 we are a union shop. No railroad retirment but we have a masive company 401k plan with a huge match
@gooddeal3186Ай бұрын
What school?
@akariel1235 жыл бұрын
This sounds abusive towards employees. Without the union they'd be ground up by UP
@ALL-bj7mj5 жыл бұрын
LOL!!! interviewed 13 times, brought them years of knowledge from the Illinois Central and Illinois Railway....im now a shareowner and my dividends are worth more than railway pay....
@likesanddislikesetc5 жыл бұрын
I did that for 10 years for UP. Very interesting career.
@transistor2813 жыл бұрын
Same here I'm at 10 years now, you should get some rr retirement when you turn 60 I believe.
@Rokdar14 жыл бұрын
After 20 years in the military I had ENOUGH of that type of life style no matter what it pays. DAMN THAT.
@michaelo19293 жыл бұрын
It's not for the weak, that's for sure.
@billmorris26133 жыл бұрын
Is this the Bill Johnson from Kentucky that ran our SPX-745?
@davidluster68772 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was gonna say
@sanpablos392 жыл бұрын
@@billmorris2613 go cards!
@billmorris26132 жыл бұрын
sanpablos39 Not sure what your comment means?
@USA_djhiggi775 жыл бұрын
From an actually UP employee, I'm surprised at the level of honesty here. If you're looking to hire for the railroad, listen very closely to all the negatives, cuz theres a lot especially when you are new. Furloughes, bumps, being away from home, working odd hours and stress are just SOME of the negatives. Managers are always looking to fire you, the UP really doesnt give a single fuck about you. The unions seam like they are always making deals with UP for the benefit of UP and not their own people. Some of the people you work with are actual scum of the earth and will treat you like you're dirt, while others are some of the nicest people you will ever meet. You can make a lot of money yes, but it ain't free and to some people, the sacrifices they make outweigh the benefits in the end. Be safe out there.
@KCSM_12005 жыл бұрын
Slick Daddy que dices pendejo es mejor ferromex y kcsm
@Landaux4 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what it is I just worked as a YRT (limo driver) And got treated like a doormat just working not even a month and got a slug put in me and thrown in the dumpster just because I didn’t answer one page call that was put on my own personal pager instead of theirs of course this was back as you can guess in 1997
@veasg4 жыл бұрын
@@damonblankenship9450 wrong, you're over your Drail, so it takes a lot to get fired once youre promoted. Some real douche bags are still employed
@damonblankenship94504 жыл бұрын
@@veasg I think I'm right.
@veasg4 жыл бұрын
@@damonblankenship9450 I've worked for the UP since 1994 and an engineer since 1996. I respect your confidence, but you're wrong.
@2bjjones6 жыл бұрын
Lucky for me I don't have a family.
@npk765fan5 жыл бұрын
2bjjones uuuummmm rip?
@tylam895 жыл бұрын
You have no mom
@2bjjones4 жыл бұрын
@@tylam89 Wish I could say that.
@ruffian29524 жыл бұрын
Hire out. You will never have a family.
@Pog_Pacer4 жыл бұрын
That’s dark
@SamuelSimmons-iw8jo9 ай бұрын
This is something I want to do. I want to give it a shot, I’m a student and graduating this year. I have always loved trains. 😊
@michaelmccarthy46155 жыл бұрын
This is a tight employment economy....2019.... can you imagine how employees will be treated in a recession??? Not pretty at all...
@michaelmccarthy46154 жыл бұрын
No could predict a pandemic. But its always something. Let's roll the dice on 2021 now....
@edithriley22773 жыл бұрын
MASK AND VACCINE MANDATES IS CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION. FEAR THE LORD ONLY 😳😳😳💣
@trains20573 ай бұрын
Ughh I knew of the pandemic.Its called spars
@michaelmccarthy46153 ай бұрын
How's it looking in 2024 ? Stores closing and some layoffs. It's getting dicey
@bidenisatraitor76333 жыл бұрын
I quit csx after one run after the redi center...that place is so fucked up...got me a union trucking job. Life is grand!
@FQP-70245 жыл бұрын
Somehow I am not convinced by this video like the amazon warehouse job video.
@LoveYourz3757 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@mangosaurusrex34163 жыл бұрын
90 minutes? Damn imagine never being able to make plans or have a life outside of work. Fuck that, that sounds soul crushing. You’d pretty much have to have no social life to make it work.
@stephaniechavez32823 жыл бұрын
It really isn’t that bad
@creamythroat3 жыл бұрын
when your parents arent rich, and you have to make a life for your kids and your self, you gotta work a lot man. This generation wants to work 5 hours a week and get rich to go play all day. Don’t work that way bud ,
@DNDBOT3 жыл бұрын
Wonder if my ole arse cam jump on rail work from field network engineer . Worked just as weird hrs as RR workers, we get calls late night, early am, ontop of scheduled jobs then chill,, then job ,job, job traveling 🤔😁 ...
@Twizz9933 жыл бұрын
@@creamythroat It do work that way if you go into the right field. And that can be done whether your parents are rich or not.
@illustriouschin3 жыл бұрын
This is what all the self-made billionaires do. Work themselves into the grave for 45 years and then get a small loan of 3 million dollars and then it's all private jets, islands, and skyscrapers with your name on them.
@Trainman39855 жыл бұрын
Ever since I was a kid I dreamed of working for the railroad. I'm going to Become a locomotive engineer on Union Pacific one day.
@s1mplyevan4614 жыл бұрын
Trainman3985 I Hope to become an engineer as well
@teddibiase53324 жыл бұрын
That's a really poor life choice
@sovietclient4 жыл бұрын
Ted Dibiase your comment is a very poor life choice
@J_Murda163 жыл бұрын
@@teddibiase5332 so like does everybody have a price for the million dollar man?
@sasquatch55773 жыл бұрын
@@teddibiase5332 If it's someone's dream, it's a perfect life choice.
@Kolacon13 жыл бұрын
Retired conductor here, The RR is a very dangerous and stressful place to work. I would not recommend anyone taking this path. 30+ years with no pleasant experiences, only stress, harassment, and lack of sleep. You're better off driving a truck!
@Magaville2 жыл бұрын
Ya I can verify that 36 years
@derpcade2 жыл бұрын
"Stress, harassment, and lack of sleep." This sounds exactly like my life at the moment
@bluefire1016911 ай бұрын
No you’re not….
@Kolacon111 ай бұрын
Not what? @@bluefire10169
@travisgoff992 жыл бұрын
My dad was a engineer and my grandfather was a conductor for Union Pacific in Wyoming
@DieselDucy3 жыл бұрын
At least they give a somewhat honest description of the job. The railroads still suck as far as quality of life.
@mateocruz42195 жыл бұрын
Im only 14 but have wanted to be a worker for union pacific my whole life
@DelmarLysolfan4 жыл бұрын
Me too bro, let’s get furloughed 😂
@sebastianfuentes67213 жыл бұрын
@@DelmarLysolfan same, we got a whole crew right here lmao
@thatoneguy611 Жыл бұрын
Make that 4. See y’all next year
@BalloonBugle885 ай бұрын
you are 18 now. did you get the job yet?
@itzamadio345 жыл бұрын
are they trying to deter people from applying? lol..
@indianatrainfan42804 жыл бұрын
mario mario Yes
@jasonking29434 жыл бұрын
Pretty honest video ..I've been a locomotive engineer 27 years. I could add more haha
@CSXT-88884 жыл бұрын
Indiana Train Fan I Subbed!
@jcraigshelton3 жыл бұрын
No. They just want you to know what you’re getting into. Some people are cut out to work for the railroad. Others should stick with Chipotle.
@wilber533 жыл бұрын
Did it for 37 years,they are speaking the truth! Be prepare to work anytime;days,nights,weekends,holidays,snowstorms,95 degree weather,kids birthdays,school functions etc! And don't forget you might be on a two hour call,phone rings and be at work in two hours,no matter what your plans are or what you are doing at the present time!
@JRLSprague34 жыл бұрын
"[Our retirement] they say is better than social security." Wow lol gee I hope so
@DeeFuego4 жыл бұрын
Jordan Sprague 😂😂lmao
@JRLSprague33 жыл бұрын
@MAC27 I would hope so. Saving pennies in a jar is better than ss.
@erict52342 жыл бұрын
If you ask any railroader, they will tell you... the pension is the ONLY reason to work for a railroad!
@saintsvisualz57005 жыл бұрын
I want to work for them when i get old enough. Cant wait.
@whiteknightcat5 жыл бұрын
Once you get done with your video games, you might want to talk to actual or former employees before making that leap of faith.
@comradeeverclear40632 жыл бұрын
@dayzodzn For the first 5y of owning your own business, you literally draw no profit. Making $50-$60k a year is a pretty good job.
@Joe-d7m6k8 ай бұрын
That girl engineer-- is she the one that Shawn in Council Bluffs yelled at?????
@scottmarshall49964 жыл бұрын
"...cannot be outsourced." Which is why they are pushing to have trains run themselves I suppose.
@llkjjjss4 жыл бұрын
That's not gonna work in dark territory what they are really pushing for is precision railroading with long ass trains
@Walkwith74 жыл бұрын
It wont work, especially for switching
@VikVaughan4 жыл бұрын
@@llkjjjss Dark territory can be made light. In fact there won't be signals in the future. The technology to fully automate trains has existed for over 50 years. It's just a matter of cost and time. It is much easier to do this with trains than cars or trucks considering you have fixed rail paths and central communication rather than an "open" road system, and we are already heading there on the road. For trains, first it will be one-man crews, then full automation. There's a good chance some of the design and programming for such systems will be done abroad, so in a sense the railroad will be outsourced. It's sad, but it's the future... of everything.
@llkjjjss4 жыл бұрын
@@VikVaughan there is alot in the dark. I'm out here everyday my dude
@michaelo19293 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, every time I heard people say, "it won't work", the railroad made it work. Look at F.R.E.D, distributed power, RCO. I've heard people say RCO technology will never work and look now. They are all over the yard. If they want something, they will achieve it. Somehow.
@joelvale38874 жыл бұрын
While others risk their lives on the job, the pencil pushers get all the rewards.
@scoobycarr55585 жыл бұрын
Currently I'm doing Union Pacific's former Southern Pacific in Oregon between Klamath Falls and Eugene with MSTS Train Simulator. Looks like a very dynamic railroad with a wide range of scenery between farmland and forest and twists and tunnels.
@chadspinalbosd0072 жыл бұрын
How is it? Are the test im training hard? How are the furloughs?
@donstarr7261 Жыл бұрын
Ahhhh ask Fritz.
@MoeketsiMokoena-bb7lh6 ай бұрын
I was a train conductor (train assistant in my country) for 10 years here in South Africa, Transnet Freight Rail...I loved every moment of it...but it surely isn't something a person should do for a long period, you will be sick in you elderly days (most retirees don't live long). I'm still recovering from a lack of a healthy sleeping pattern, I am 34. In the time I was working the tracks, I studied towards being a mechanical engineering technologist...now I design locomotives and wagons, best time of my life behind the desk, working Creo Parametrics...The sound of the hooter still traumatizes me!
@RoRo-kc8zv4 жыл бұрын
My grandpa worked on the railroad he made a lot of money but he had no life and many divorces.
@jaredklock87545 жыл бұрын
No one wear safety glasses and ear plugs on a daily bases.
@ralfie88014 жыл бұрын
Jared Klock You do when you work for the railroad. All day long, every day unless you're in an office or a vehicle with the windows closed.
@ralfie88014 жыл бұрын
Bill Perri It's not that loud all the time, but it can get loud before you know what happened. It doesn't matter though, it's a rule! Mechanical people wear hard hats, safety glasses, hearing protection, and steel toed lace up boots at all times unless in a designated non PPE area. Train crews wear a safety vest ( as do mechanical people working around live tracks ), safety glasses, hearing protection, and steel toed lace up boots. It's a critical rule violation to get caught without any one of those items while working.
@veasg4 жыл бұрын
'Real' employees aren't wearing all that shit. It's just for show in the video
@B10Mman3 жыл бұрын
@@veasg I work for the railway here in Australia and I never wear ear protection whilst driving a train. Most of our locomotives have cabs isolated from the frame and engine noise. I started as a level 2 assistant driver or conductor, then progressed to block school and driver under instruction and then driver or engineer. I've made $140k aud .oneyear. Usually I make around 100 to 120k per annum.
@veasg3 жыл бұрын
@@B10Mman I've worked for the Union Pacific since 1994 and have never worn any of that PPE other than a vest. Not even safety glasses
@markbatarina45124 жыл бұрын
I’m a first officer for Delta Airlines but trains do interest me.
3 жыл бұрын
Indulge in model railroading. You get the best of both worlds: flying an airplane and running trains they way YOU want to. And you remain clean.
@marklambert95423 жыл бұрын
The company will never be lairs they will always take care of you best thing is they have sharp knives to stick you with so the pain can last for years
@B10Mman3 жыл бұрын
The best part of working for the railway here in Australia is there is no furlough. We have rostered work and blank line or pencil working but no furlough. You can work as a casual and work when you wamt, this is mainly guys who are "semi retired" working for pocket money.
@Noblemarq12 Жыл бұрын
Were not hiring 35 years ago sadly :-( now pushing 60, kinda hard to go into this line of work. So i'll stick with the postal service
@daskriegsman70135 жыл бұрын
The only railway from steam era that still remains.
@fixedgearfever695 жыл бұрын
A Spanish Inquisitor not true KCS is still in operation.
@bnsfrailfanningproductions98585 жыл бұрын
NS and KCS are still around
@McCracken_95 жыл бұрын
@@bnsfrailfanningproductions9858 i dont recall ever seeing a NS steam locomotive only NW
@tommytruth75955 жыл бұрын
@@bnsfrailfanningproductions9858 He means with the same name.
@ralfie88014 жыл бұрын
Tommy Truth There was no NS during the the steam era, it was the N&W, the other one in the name was the Southern.
@jeremyhester21183 жыл бұрын
I would love to work on the railroad and I could be a conductor one day and I love trains
@therealdark18086 жыл бұрын
I start the 6th of Aug. I can't wait!!
@mslikenootha6 жыл бұрын
Andre Fennell I Applied almost 2 weeks ago in Nevada, just waiting for something to happen 🙏🏾
@briankostka62476 жыл бұрын
Good to hear that man I think I remember you and the interviews is your training class in Boone
@therealdark18086 жыл бұрын
Yep it is! Did you make it too? What is or was your start date?
@demauriaedemus81746 жыл бұрын
Good stuff.. I start Aug 6th also. I'm out of Oakland yard though..
@mathewnitkiewicz59756 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! Can I ask what experience you have?
@gamerwill26043 жыл бұрын
I really like trains and also I want to work for the Union Pacific when I grow up
@samuelmccloud1245 жыл бұрын
Driving trains is "not for everybody" but neither is "working for a living".
@michaelo19293 жыл бұрын
Engineers don't "drive" trains. They "run" trains.
@linkfan953 жыл бұрын
@@michaelo1929 Always gotta be that one guy.
@thatoneguy611 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelo1929 in other parts of the world they’re called drivers. So yes, they also drive trains.
@jacobw4463 жыл бұрын
"Here I have a career"... 30% no longer do! They were all fired in the past 5 years. Railroads served Unions notice that in next 10 years, they want to do away with 85% of the conductors!
@jennifercarmack93986 жыл бұрын
I start Sep 10th out of St. Louis Hub! Look forward to making a RailRoad career!
@armageddon19815 жыл бұрын
Do you go to villa grove or salem sometimes. I'm from the Chicago service unit
@amtrakisveryepic5 жыл бұрын
Cool
@3006USMC5 жыл бұрын
Checkin in jennifer! Hows it going?
@kaibaCorpHQ5 жыл бұрын
@@3006USMC it's either going really good because she doesn't have time to answer, or really bad because she isn't working anymore and doesn't want to say.
@3006USMC5 жыл бұрын
KaibaCorp HQ -good point!
@railfanmaximstill72792 жыл бұрын
Both of my Geandfathers Worked for the UP Micheal Still in the 1970s Victor Kovanda 19?? You guys are a great company
@domtron88734 жыл бұрын
They won’t hire an educated mechanic with a medical background that will literally move thousands of miles away from home to get said entry-level job.
@bigeric83344 жыл бұрын
Because your background sounds sketchy
@ruffian29524 жыл бұрын
It's a sign of the 'good' things to come your way...like a runaway boxcar.
@Louisianish3 жыл бұрын
It’s called over-qualification. They’re afraid you’ll demand they pay you more money for actually knowing your shit.
@comradeeverclear40632 жыл бұрын
Bruh they literally offered me a job, not once but TWICE and all I have is 3 years construction experience. So, they probably verified your work history and found out you're fos.
@nathanfelix5638 Жыл бұрын
What’s a paycheck look like though, if the pay justifies the hard work I’m all game
@25mfd8 ай бұрын
well BNSF (BNSF/ATSF eastern western lines) at 100% pay, 6500 bucks/month in the yard smart009.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/July-1-2023-Rates-of-Pay.pdf
@danielgouws14702 жыл бұрын
You people are lucky to work for a company like that it doesn't work like that in the panana Rupebliek of South Africa.
@johnnieblack6606 жыл бұрын
That's a good look for Kansas City Service Unit! You guys and girls are famous now
@ralfie88014 жыл бұрын
Black Lavender Not so much, the yard and the locomotive shop have been closed.
@Darryl66362 жыл бұрын
Railroading is a tough life no doubt about it but the pay is good I should know I’m starting my 37th year and plan to go 3 more I’m shooting for 40 years service
@mrrobertwolfiii10792 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making history with America
@vontanextdoor9267 Жыл бұрын
Just got a job offer today after trying for months to get on, PRAYING I get the job !
@ladycarter10ful Жыл бұрын
I have to do the video interview. What kind of questions do they ask?
@darrenhaverlock7025 Жыл бұрын
@@ladycarter10fulThey ask you what's your education, work history, experience with tools, motorized equipment They ask about your experience working different schedules and outside in the elements, they also ask about how you handle work situations.,
@jeromecabral84404 жыл бұрын
I have lived by train tracks all my life. This would be a great job I would have.
@OklahomaRailfan_Productions Жыл бұрын
I really want to work here but in NE Oklahoma only though.
@rippen19824 жыл бұрын
Got offered a job two years ago and turned it down.. THANK GOD I dodged that bullet. I remember during the interview the guy says.. "A lot if the old school guys may cut corners or try to do stuff thats unsafe. Part of your job is to call them out or report safety violations".. How backwards is that shit? PASS and afterwards the more I see about the RR the more shitty it seems. My dad worked for BN in the 80s. I had dreamed of working the RR but again, glad I didnt..
@stock71853 жыл бұрын
I had a genuine interest in becoming a conductor and this video really put me off. The whole segment where they basically said "this is gonna suck and that is gonna suck though" just sealed the deal to not pursue it. Any promotional thing that gives you warnings about it probably means it's going to be a lot worse than what they're saying
@linkfan953 жыл бұрын
Atleast they’re honest. Watch the one about the CSX conductor, nothing but a bunch of under the sheet lies.
@ashleymarie66822 жыл бұрын
Well they’re just being honest.
@derpcade2 жыл бұрын
@@linkfan95 If I ever go into the railway industry, I'm gonna avoid CSX like the goddamn plague.
@Patrick.Weightman Жыл бұрын
@@derpcade Avoid UPRR while you're at it too. Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern and CSX are the top 3 worst companies to work for - and consistently so. Not even joking, you can google it yourself That said, BNSF has loads of troubles too; mostly with their union.
@brettbanta2100 Жыл бұрын
Lol, yeah, the video is like, "working here really sucks and you'll have no free time or a life for at least five years." Sweet, where do I sign up?? No thanks
@tylercorbin80735 жыл бұрын
0:03 On track, is that supposed to be a pun
@samuelt32364 жыл бұрын
Accept applications from Knoxville, or do I have to join Norfolk Southern?
@UPJobs4 жыл бұрын
We currently do not have locations in Knoxville, but you can apply at locations as close as Memphis and all over the Western US.
@fstwrtr3 жыл бұрын
Did you try Norfolk-nWay? ;-)
@MetraUPWRailfanner3 жыл бұрын
I'll operate Union Pacific when me 30 years old... on 2040
Actually Yes. BNSF has more track , more cars and does more business. Take your stupid elsewhere
@northstarstatepolitics16524 жыл бұрын
@@blueringedoctopus4778 What Ted Said.
@iainmillar15323 жыл бұрын
Where did they say biggest? They said most iconic.... I’m not from the USA an I’ve heard of UP.
@alexsheppard83313 жыл бұрын
@@teddibiase5332 Not true
@Bootzey734 жыл бұрын
Oddest job I ever had....they hire you then try over and over to fire you.
@sovietclient3 жыл бұрын
._.
@relaxinmaxin72463 жыл бұрын
There are really only two positions in life; at work making money, or away from work spending money. Why not work for this company and make a very good wage so when you do have time at home, you have enough money to enjoy yourself? It definitely helps if your single or your children are grown.
@rowdyrobbyrider42263 жыл бұрын
There’s a lot more to life than making and spending money
@relaxinmaxin72463 жыл бұрын
@@rowdyrobbyrider4226 really? What can you do in todays world without money?
@relaxinmaxin72463 жыл бұрын
@@rowdyrobbyrider4226 Then go do it and stop talking.
@edithriley22773 жыл бұрын
😳MASK AND VACCINE MANDATES IS CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION
@RailroadEnthusiastJasemDeSkot5 жыл бұрын
Am a train crew back here in Kenya.. So interesting to work on railroad.... Wish I could get to work for UP
@jesusgomez4925 жыл бұрын
That is interesting working ar the Union Pacific trains.
@MrLunchHour25 жыл бұрын
And they just announced a 75% employee layoff
@lindsayhengehold53412 жыл бұрын
Love Union Pacific!
@vangel7779Ай бұрын
Former employee at union pacific ...the training has been horrible since covid.someone just recently died at the company due to lack of training .instead of u getting a furlough they just fire u for breaking 12 critical rules. If u are married be careful many employees are divorced because of long hours. Only thing good right now is the money and benefits
@MF-bu2ol Жыл бұрын
Question, for this job is it stationary where I can come home every night or does it require travel and staying a few nights at a different location?
@thelastname2k3 жыл бұрын
That's right it's not for everybody, your life becomes the railroad and you won't have a life outside of the railroad.... The heat and cold is ok, it's the nights out of bed that are the killer...
@Dachamp20015 жыл бұрын
23 states ain't whole lot js🤷♂️ and brakeman rarely ever used anymore.
@whiteknightcat5 жыл бұрын
Twenty-three states is almost half the country. How many states do you think there are? And brakemen/switchmen work in yards.
@Dachamp20015 жыл бұрын
@@whiteknightcat I'm saying the UP is the oldest RR in the country they should run over 25 states BNSF is bigger and runs more states then the grandfather RR (UP)
@whiteknightcat5 жыл бұрын
@@Dachamp2001 Where they operate now is a direct result of the mergers that created the companies of today. BNSF was the result of a megamerger that united the northern and southern US west of the Mississippi. UP's absorptions were more linear or parallel, from WP and SP in the west to MP and CNW to the east.
@philipwilson8675 жыл бұрын
Ok you got the job. Years trying to build seniority. Many days layed off . Away from home always. Cheep motel rooms. Payday to payday for most. Ok y make engineer. On call 24/7 up days and nights. Dangerous lonely yards. Always under some manager new old ? Ego? Yeah.. ok it’s got the good points to that stuff you’re going to get in the videos . But you should get the bad stuff to don’t you think. When you retire what else can you do after all not much calling for a retired locomotive engineer. I know because I am one 44 years Uprr.. best wishes
@tommytruth75955 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised the P.C. goofy UP management doesn't say "brakeperson" or "switchperson" today.
@bradparker2181 Жыл бұрын
I don't have anyone so it'll be perfect for me after school
@tinocardinale68433 жыл бұрын
I love 💓 being a train driver
@traveltheworld57746 жыл бұрын
I have my application just about done for Cheyenne Wyoming. Hope I can get in.
@boplatt25644 жыл бұрын
Hey cheyenne? Thats where Im gonna apply. Did you get in?
@Nygge19825 жыл бұрын
RIP Hobo Stobe.
@Billy_Darley5 жыл бұрын
what? he died?
@Billy_Darley5 жыл бұрын
@@animalmother9339 thats about all i keep hearing and reading in the comments. backpack, amtrak, and now bridge. a picture is slowly forming but its pretty vague.
@fixedgearfever695 жыл бұрын
Billy Darley The Baltimore police haven’t completed the investigation from my understanding... He may have fallen off a bridge... his body wasn’t mangled... Amtrak engineer spotted his body along side the tracks.
@jmartin5383 Жыл бұрын
Love it here!!
@tjpj9885 жыл бұрын
Its not for everyone just Give it a try and see.YEEEUH OK GOOD LUCK . Working foe the railroad is a rare opportunity. If you get chosen. Very hard to get on any rr
@skyking69895 жыл бұрын
Took me over 30x applying to get a railroad job
@DJclonk2 жыл бұрын
I'm about to fly from the UK to the US just to get a job with UP
@hambonelet4 жыл бұрын
Love you Union Pacific
@TestTest-fm2cu5 жыл бұрын
I’ve applied to UP and BNSF a combined total of 24 times and haven’t been invited to interview once. I’ve got no criminal record, don’t do drugs, work hard, am willing to travel, and want a career not just a job. I’ve applied for shop positions, train crew and transportation careers. I’ve called HR to get any tips or insight on what I should do better during the application process with no avail. I see railroads offering huge sign on bonuses to get people to sign up but still get turned down. Any tips on applying from the UPRR KZbin channel?
@tommytruth75955 жыл бұрын
You have to be a minority or a female so they can hire you and brag how "diverse" they are.
@fatwalletboy25 жыл бұрын
Tommy hit the nail on the head......inclusion and diversity is now one big brand new bullshit sector of many corporates to brag about how inclusive a company they are...... It should be down to can you do the work well. Not making up the numbers.
@unclestan71395 жыл бұрын
From the railroad employees that I've talked to over the years, and from what I've read online, I would say at least 50% (maybe even 2/3?) of the people they hire have friends or family that got them in the door. I've applied at many points throughout my life and the excuse I've gotten is that I have no railroad experience.
@rack_95 жыл бұрын
You got to realize the Railroad wont call you right away and it may take a while for them to get in contact with you
@criminal2682 жыл бұрын
Now I know why there labor shortage
@fluffnose33865 жыл бұрын
Man would I love to work on the railroad...hope it doesn’t change too much by the time I’m old enough!
@tinicoleofficial2 жыл бұрын
Are you old enough now?
@fluffnose33862 жыл бұрын
@@tinicoleofficial I’m 18 now! Technically yes, but I think they’d rather hire someone with more experience.
@JStock1032 Жыл бұрын
@fluffnose3386 Well, the fact that you used the words "I think"....maybe the railroad isn't for you lol. They don't pay people to think.
@matthewwillis21359 ай бұрын
@JStock1032 doubt you know much about the railroad based on that comment or your one of those miserable people who sold their whole lives to the railroad and have nothing outside of it
@matthewwillis21359 ай бұрын
@fluffnose3386 don’t need railroad experience one thing I do recommend before applying is getting good with tools and being mechanical trains are very simple but dangerous so get into diesel first maybe for trade school or even just automotive get familiar with lots of different tools and give it a shot
@ClinchfieldRailfan9212 жыл бұрын
I don’t pull as much cargo as U Union Pacific. But my friend kendo. Did that one time!!. Don’t tell other railroads this.
@dlayton43382 жыл бұрын
Triboss by favorite tray company of the ten of the train jobs is Union Pacific and I want to work for this job yes when I am a dead I work my job once I get old enough
@kofigh99808 ай бұрын
What’s the starting hourly pay?
@Burlington_Route4 жыл бұрын
this is amazing, but whats the point of getting a job if UP Sacks (lay off's) most of their staff?
@UserDaRailfan3 ай бұрын
As a current railfanner and future crew member for the Harvard subdivision, it feels nice to give railfans hornshows and yell at treaspassers on a daily basis
@nex55513 жыл бұрын
Are you guys hiring for the Train Crew in Wisconsin? I was looking on the website and it keeps saying that nothing is available, and I am asking because it seems kinda hard to believe. This kind of work always has people going in and out, there should be a position somewhere.
@erict52342 жыл бұрын
Where is WI do u live? In the Milwaukee area we are not hiring, Probably wont be hiring until business picks up...
@thebritishmafia50293 жыл бұрын
This is literally every railroad company guys.
@EldoricoSimataa7 ай бұрын
When I grow up I what to be friends with the bos of Union Pacific
@michaell21684 жыл бұрын
At least they're being honest.
@robmoir75245 жыл бұрын
I M WILD OVER WOMEN TRAIN DRIVERS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THEM
@thomashninan38255 жыл бұрын
Meee too
@tomtom14843 жыл бұрын
And unless your daddy, his daddy, your great grand daddy, and great, great grand daddy worked for the railroad, you can forget about ever being hired.
@truss62823 жыл бұрын
Not the way it is anymore. If you can pass the drug test and can read 3 sentences, you're qualified. Highball!!!
@PsychoManiac1102 жыл бұрын
@@truss6282 you have to pass the test about your self first
@brfts2001 Жыл бұрын
@tomtom1484 Not like that now! They can't find enough workers. PSR has killed the industry. Great for shareholders, very bad for Joe conductor/engineer!
@terrycormier54922 жыл бұрын
That is freight hauling at it's best nice work gang
@RatWithAHat423 жыл бұрын
That's what I want to do when I can, but I want to be an engineer, I know that I start from the bottom, but what type engineering class do I take?
@UPJobs3 жыл бұрын
If you're looking to be a train engineer, there is no prior degree you need. We look for people who don't mind working outdoors, having a variable schedule and enjoy a fast paced working environment.
@ElPasoTexasRailfan6393 жыл бұрын
@@UPJobs UP I WANNA BE A RAILFAN HOW CAN I RAILFAN IN THE PLATFORM OF AMTRAK IN EL PASO TEXAS UNION DEPOT DO I NEED TO TELL THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN TICKET STATION OR IN THE FRONT OF THE STATION
@upengineerbobs3 жыл бұрын
You start by cleaning toilets on the locomotives. Still want to be an Engineer?
@upengineerbobs3 жыл бұрын
UP jobs...don't lie to these people. It isn't fun anymore. I have an AA degree...I spend a lot of time in the locker room waiting for some suprentendent to decide what we're going to do that day........which is usually sitting in the locker room waiting for somebody to tell us what to do and when you turn 55 they start trying to bully you into early retirement.
@edithriley22773 жыл бұрын
@@UPJobs MASK AND VACCINE MANDATES IS CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION. YOU HEATHEN MORMONS😡😡😡FEAR THE LORD FOR PERSECUTING HIS CHILDREN
@sandipanchowdhury42365 жыл бұрын
Hey, I'm from India and want to join your railroad to switch my country and start a new career & living in USA. I didn't hold a work permit visa for USA. Can anyone please help me regarding this?
@CSXT-88884 жыл бұрын
When I grow up I will work at this..
@Soyouwant6 жыл бұрын
How far out should separating military service members apply?
@ruffian29524 жыл бұрын
It is a job, not an adventure.
@jacobw4463 жыл бұрын
@@ruffian2952 More like a nightmare!
@ruffian29523 жыл бұрын
@@jacobw446 Still get dreams about railroad and military happenings, always on the nightmare side.
@jacobw4463 жыл бұрын
@@ruffian2952 Navy, Air Force and Railroad. I preferred the Military because there was laws in place to prevent them from harming you. The Railroads screw with people's lives and fire you at a whim. You sit for 30-40 years, hoping to retire with a pension with the RR. 80% usually never get there.
@comradeeverclear40632 жыл бұрын
@@ruffian2952 He means he is leaving the military and will need a job afterwards and wants to time it right to spend less time out of a job....
@biglex906910 ай бұрын
I have a video interview on Saturday!
@HarleyQuinn_933 жыл бұрын
We usually say when the trucks stop, America stops. There’s nothing wrong with that! I say, when the railroads stop, that’s when America stops!!