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All my interviewer could talk about was drug problems, lousy working conditions and hours, Attitude problems, speeding tickets, safety concerns and that I should "kiss off" any idea of having a normal life. They tried everything in the book to scare me off. At the time, mid 1990's, I said okay. I told them I was still fairly young, wanted to travel, didn't mind working strange hours and had no one to take care of other than myself. I also told him that I was willing to do whatever they told me and that I believed in following the rules and expected everyone else to do the same since I had already seen my share of dead bodies (used to be an EMT and volunteer firefighter). I also told them that I didn't use drugs and that I wouldn't tolerate anyone using drugs on my crew or working anywhere around me including the terminal manager who was sitting right there at the table. I even volunteered to take the drug test then and there! I really thought that I had aced the interview and that I had made a positive impression on the interviewers. They said "thanks for coming in, we'll be in touch". I got a letter in the mail two weeks later telling me I was on the list but that I had not been selected for any of the current openings! A friend of mine who joined the UP several years later told me that 90% of the new guys who have been laid off for more than six months are not coming back when they get recalled. They have since found other jobs, like having regular hours and although they enjoyed their time working on the railroad....don't want to come back. Meanwhile, the UP is doing just about everything they can to fire or disapline the workers they still have. Strangest labor-management relationship I've ever seen in any industry.
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