http://wjhl.com/2015/10/19/csx-mails-notice-to-state-270-layoffs-at-erwin-terminal/
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No set schedule make's it very hard to plan even a day ahead of time though that isn't as much CSX's fault as it is the nature of the industry. Most management employee's are hired out of college and have no understanding of what it actually takes to make things happen. They have no railroad experience and they are taught to feel superior to craft employees.
They try to force un-realistic policies and practices into place that hurt production, customer, and employee satisfaction. Employees are required to carry 5+ rule books at all times and penalties for even minor deviations from the book* are blown completely out of proportion. Rules are subject to interpretation and what is acceptable to one manager may not be to the next so your never comfortable with what your doing and spend more time worried about wether or not a manager is watching you with night vision than about doing your job and staying alive. They preach safety, accountability, and wellness, but only if it doesn't actually require them to do anything or spend a couple of dollars.
- Employees have received time off for walking to fast, standing with their hands in their pockets, not saying over or out on the radio, taking safety glasses off momentarily because they had fogged up, and many many other petty violations.
Get back in touch with your workforce and quit trying to fire them for not being safety robots.
Make employees feel appreciated for the job they do instead of trying to make them feel that they owe you their first born or vital organs for the great and important privilege of working for you.
Promote managers through the ranks to get people that know what is going on instead of college idiots that don't actually know anything about the industry.
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