>>1148900>Where you can get fired over anything.It's like that at every railroad. Don't be a dipshit, be on time, get along with your coworkers, follow the rules, just be a good boy for 2 months and you'll be fine.
>>1148900>>Getting bumped to another terminal and having 72 hours to move.true. But if you need more time you can contact the terminal superintendent, they're usually understanding of shit situations like that and will move you to an unpaid board if you need more time. At least they did for me at BNSF. You could always run into some dickhead who won't. In that case you need to ask your union for help. Make sure you work enough afterward to get enough starts or you'll lose your insurance benefits for the next month.
>You get engineer cert after a few years but it will be a decade before you work as an engineerMay be different at the UP, but we weren't compelled to go through the engineer program. Many of us didn't, but it's more job security if you do.
