Union Pacific Case Summary

FACTS
The Complainant began her employment as an Associate Systems Consultant (Assoc. Sys. Consult.) on July 25, 2011. She was a member of the Information Technology (IT) Team, referred to as Application Development-Operations. Jason Hochwender, Director, Information Technology , oversees the Application Development area. The Assoc. Sys. Consult. position is associated with a specific career path designed for individuals who contribute within a team environment. The duties of an Assoc. Sys. Consult. include, but are not limited to the following:

1. …taking current practices and procedures and improve upon them with innovative ideas. Understand and integrate systems development/maintenance efforts in a multi-systems environment
2. Share responsibilty with peers for accurate definition of customers requirements and customer satisfaction
3. Technical knowledge of systems and technical architecture in order to provide integration in a mulit-systems environment
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Union Pacific has designed its Performance Management process to ensure employees have a clear understanding of what is expected of them, how their work links to Union Pacific’s business goals, and how the employee will be measured. Union Pacific refers to its Performance Management system as the Total Performance Tracker (TPT). An employee’s supervisor/team lead prepares the annual and mid-year TPT. Union Pacific assigns ratings at the year ending TPT. The mid-year TPT is analgous to a mid-cycle progress report. The annual TPT examines performance during the preceding 12-month period. The annual TPT is a composite of the employees’ performance over the preceding 12 months. The TPT captures successes and challenges experienced during the evaluation cycle. The employees’ supervisor meets with them to discuss their performance. Delegating input to supervisors/teams is consistent with Union Pacific’s