It took a while, but I actually got some serious answers.
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Originally Posted by MagicHef
I was very recently a carman for BNSF. I was fired for essentially being a threat to my bosses' job security. I don't know how similar BNSF is to the rest of the industry, but here are some of my observations:
-If you have any type of college degree and decide to go into a craft (non-management), do not let anyone know that you have said degree.
-Go into managment if you enjoy being chewed out regularly and working with peers that are entirely incompetent. You will be encouraged to learn as little as possible about what it is that the workers you are supervising actually do. I literally saw a new supervisor get in trouble for trying to learn about what the carmen he was overseeing did.
-Craftsmen have stress-free, easy, somewhat interesting jobs, make time and a half for overtime, and 2.5x time on holidays. None of those things are true of management jobs.
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Sorry to hear that you were fired. So what you're saying is that the craftsman jobs are what I should go for? Is BNSF a shitty company to work for? Or is it more of an isolated thing because of an asshole boss?
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Originally Posted by vailpass
You quit your job at UPS? A person in your line of work? Without already having another job lined up?
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Yeah. I was a supervisor, and had worked there for almost 10 years. I finally got sick of all the stupidity of upper management and got the hell out of there. Also, I wanted to become a delivery driver instead, but they refused. So I really had no reason to stay. As far as I was concerned, it was a dead end for me.
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Originally Posted by outhega
I work for the Union Pacific railroad as a conductor. Is there anything specific you would like to know? The RRs a good job but they are so big everything is different according to terminal and local union contract.
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From what I understand with Union Pacific, you can't start out as a conductor. Instead you have to work your way up starting as a switchperson/brakeperson. Is that correct? How do you like being a conductor? Would you recommend it over a craftsman's job?