‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’

Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by geofft on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @04:21PM (#16579440)

Is management unionized? The article makes it sound like the engineers themselves are frustrated with this system.

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Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @04:35PM (#16579537)

You can't just stop the gravy train by removing management. Bad culture is at all levels.

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Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by wpietri on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @05:16PM (#16579880)

Bad culture is at all levels, but management control the factors that turn culture bad.

If you'd like to see a fine example of how changing the management and the management philosophy can turn a place around, look at NUMMI. There's a This American Life episode with extensive worker interviews: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/561/nummi-2015

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Re:‘The Trains Are Slower Because They Slowed the Trains Down’ by bogomipz on Tuesday March 13, 2018 @05:35PM (#16580048)

They are not.

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