You have a driver’s manual. The 340 Methods.
@11.19igrad I don’t think you’re hearing me right. I’m not trying to engage with you or say that you’re right or wrong, and I commend you for still posting despite all of the kickback from these guys.
But I’m being very
technical if you notice my sentences. There’s a reason why. It’s not because I’m some military robot who can’t process a thought without it sounding like something straight out of the GPO or a troubleshooting manual for a telephone switch. It’s because
I want to teach you something, that you can use for your career and your next job, and that is that corporate America is very technical.
I worked for two Class 1 freight railroads before Amtrak. In between the layoffs, I worked a great gig at what is called a “short line” or Class 3.
Class 3 was very lucrative and had great benefits. Gravy. I would have stayed for life, but I was fired. One night I walk out of the yard office with my Bluetooth in my ear. Anybody who’s ever been in trucking knows that once you start wearing a Bluetooth,
you forget that thing is even there. It’s a habit. Regardless, company policy was that there should be no personal electronics in your possession once you enter the actual rail yard.
Now I could’ve claimed a million things: whistleblower protection, I was the only guy who set handbrakes, inconsistent enforcement of safety policies, retaliation for snitching on a supervisor’s son, etc.
But I knew I had no argument, because
technically, I violated company policy. All because I had a tiny Bluetooth earpiece (powered-off, too!) in my ear and it was caught on camera. They could have double fisted me in the be back; I still would’ve had no recourse.
I broke a rule. I knew that, and was walked off the property graciously.
My point is, no matter what you think is right or is better safety policy, or how training should be, etc., the company is not gonna budge and certainly
doesn’t want to hear it from you.
I could say I Accidentally left it in my ear, it’s a ridiculous rule, no one warned me before I walked out “hey take that out of your ear!” Etc. THEY DONT WANNA HEAR IT. DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE.
You’ll have a much better experience at your next job if you remember this, and remain vigilant, paranoid, whatever you want to call it, and always be blameless.
You need to
be blameless, not
sound like it. Especially in transportation, I say again: They are very technical about everything. Not in your favor, either. You’re not going to win because they resort to technicalities like the posts I replied with at any and every moment where blame needs to be placed.
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