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Csx can we fix it????
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Part of CSX's problem is their huge debt service. They have to clear millions of bucks every week just to pay for swallowing their part of Conrail; after that, they can start to look for profit. <br /> <br />Another problem for the future is their employees. [I HATE the word "workers"; it's so BOLSHEVIK!] A lot of employees will be leaving in the next five or six years, and they've been hiring like mad so they'll have some trained people to take over. The joke is that their "training" program isn't only insufficient, but dangerous. These poor guys haven't got the faintest idea what's going on, but they can spout off the training manuals verbatim. And stepping off of moving equipment is a capital crime; yet they are only allowed to practice getting off ONCE if at all. Sooner or later most of them will have to get off or get hurt. Since they don't know how to get off, most will be hurt and some killed. <br /> <br />I think the biggest problem with CSX, and with most of the megarailroads is just that, their size. CSX is like any huge bureaucracy or government in that the top doesn't know what the bottom is doing. They only get the news from the middle managers. When they occasionally come down to my level, they don't often get the facts of what's going on. <br /> <br />Oh, and the most IMPORTANT thing for lower and middle managers isn't taking care of customers; it's their stinking bonus. The end result is like a Denny's Restaurant; instead of four waitresses working the tables, there are only two. Or even one. At Denny's, the restaurant is charged with racism; on the railroad, the customer stops using the railroad and goes to the more expensive, but more reliable truck. <br /> <br />
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