Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; October 27, 2017
Amtrak has instituted a Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (VSIP) to reduce the number of non-agreement (non-union) employees. The railroad is offering what it’s calling a “generous incentive program” to those who volunteer to leave by Dec. 31—but they must be approved for the program. If enough people don’t step forward, the next step will be layoffs.
“We will be reorganizing to meet our goals for 2018 and beyond,” Executive Vice President, Administration DJ Stadtler said in an email letter to all non-agreement employees. “We need to improve our safety culture, we need to be obsessed with giving our customers a better experience—and we must lower our operating costs. We must make changes to how we are organized to get this done. Right now, our non-agreement team is too big. We must deliver more results with fewer people.”
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