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UP cutting ~3000 workers in 2020

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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, January 24, 2020 7:28 PM

PJS1
Unless one is a subscriber to the Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, h/she cannot open the complete article per the links above. 

What is the message?  Businesses should not lay off workers if business conditions change for the worse?  

Of the approximately 3,000 workers UP is furloughing or letting go, how many were given voluntary separation packages, early retirement packages, etc.  And what are the details? 

How many supervisors and managers are being let go?  Or given early retirement packages?

How much institutional knowledge is be ushered to the door - so the mistakes of the past can be repeated and relearned in the future and at what cost?

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Posted by CMStPnP on Friday, January 24, 2020 6:43 PM

I think they are going to regret that decision in the next 6-8 months. 

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Posted by PJS1 on Friday, January 24, 2020 6:00 PM

Unless one is a subscriber to the Wall Street Journal and Barron’s, h/she cannot open the complete article per the links above. 

What is the message?  Businesses should not lay off workers if business conditions change for the worse?  

Of the approximately 3,000 workers UP is furloughing or letting go, how many were given voluntary separation packages, early retirement packages, etc.  And what are the details? 

How many supervisors and managers are being let go?  Or given early retirement packages? 

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Posted by charlie hebdo on Friday, January 24, 2020 8:08 AM

UP traffic and revenue in decline,  but cost-cutting boosted earnings and lowered OR below 60.

 

https://www.barrons.com/articles/union-pacific-stock-earnings-cost-cuts-revenue-freight-volume-51579789041

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Posted by mudchicken on Friday, January 24, 2020 7:45 AM

And the survivors burnout even faster.

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Posted by BaltACD on Thursday, January 23, 2020 5:48 PM

Surprise, Surprise - NOT!

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UP cutting ~3000 workers in 2020
Posted by charlie hebdo on Thursday, January 23, 2020 5:32 PM

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