Looks like I’m going to Train Crew

So I initially got an offer for a different craft and started earlier this week. While I am enjoying it and have a great relationship with the people I’m working with I found out that there was some kind of clerical error in the job listing and the pay I’m actually making here is substantially less than the pay that was advertised and in the offer letter. Obviously I wasn’t happy about it since I already resigned from a job where I was making more.

After some discussion in an attempt to remedy this they sent me an offer for train crew and I accepted today. I’ll have to redo my medical and PAT since the requirements are different but everything else should be fast tracked. I was told the classes were filled up till around March/April but so Im not unemployed till then they will be allowing me to stay in my current craft until i get a class date. I was also told if anyone drops out from now to then(which is likely) they will try and plug me in.

While not a great way to enter UP, I’m glad they are doing what they can to keep me as an employee and monetarily it looks like it will work out better for me in the long run.