I just read Fred Frailey's latest blog post in Trains.
The UP's Chief Executive, Lance Fritz, is reducing management jobs in a serious way as part of his
Precision Scheduled Railroading implementation.
Per Frailey: "One friend there says some of the railroad’s best people are being booted."
http://cs.trains.com/trn/b/fred-frailey/archive/2018/11/13/who-will-fetch-lance-39-s-coffee.aspx