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I was refused employment by two western roads. One said I was too fat at 180 lbs and the other said I was too Idealistic. Ha! <br /> <br />I got my start at a public transit agency, walking track with a grease bucket on my back. After thirty years, I now do signal engineering. I have found only that as you rise, the S@#$ just gets to you quicker on its way down hill. We have it better here only because all jobs are local. But the same management crap goes on as has been spoken of thoughout this thread. <br /> <br />Seriously though, we have had a lot of people hire on who quit the UP in disgust, at all levels, even top management. <br /> <br />HOW do we fix it? <br />I don't know a lot, but I know this. Big mega-mergers have got to be outlawed, retro-active. Teddy Roosevelt has got to be rolling in his grave about now! Bust up the UP, Microsloth, Big power companies, or just about any interstate corporation. Maybe a bit of corporate capital punishment (de-charter the corporation and divide the assets to those who were hurt) would deter all this anti-social behavior. <br /> <br />None of this is likely, or even politically palitable.. But in my mind - SO WHAT. The reality is that almost all big corporations, and even big goverments, have grown just too big to to be managed effectively by anyone - even by magic. <br />
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