[PRCo] Re: New Railway Properties

[Holland Electric Rwy. Op. H.E.R.O. -- Import SPTC 1.48 Models // James B. Holland]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
Subject: [PRCo] Re: New Railway Properties


What's the problem Jim? Improper staffing in certain departments?   
Parts room doesn't order parts before they are all out? Bad street 
supervision? Bad supervision period?




Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> It's a lot different when a private company's money is not at risk, 
> isn't it? Public money is not as accountable.




Ken & Tracie wrote:
.

> Forgot one, public entities are funded no matter how poorly they 
> perform. People who perform top notch work and people who simply show 
> up and do the minimum or less are rewarded identically. Departments 
> that do the best work they can may be impeded by other sections that 
> are much less efficient.
>
> K.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken & Tracie" <ktjosephson at earthlink.net>
>
>> Before Jim answers, I, as a public sector employee, will share my 
>> opinions of what I suspect are the usual culprits:
>>
>> Cronyism, nepotism, hiring quotas, middle management fiefdoms, uneven 
>> workloads (due to the four previous items I listed), poor employee 
>> morale (due to the five previous items I listed), no incentive to 
>> balance fiscal year spending with long-term investments which would 
>> promote safe and reliable service, politicians micromanaging aspects 
>> of which they have little or no practical knowledge, no 
>> organization-wide concept of a mass transit operation's prime mission 
>> (transporting masses, right?), etc.,
>> etc.
>>
>> K. 
>




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