I agree, so much hate for innocent mega-corps in these threads. It has to be the evil workers at fault. If you think using objectivism, it makes perfect sense.
Suspicious? If it makes you suspect anything, it should be the suspicion that the rail workers were right about it being dangerous to overwork rail workers.
Imagine a truck driver complains about being worked too hard, then a week later he falls asleep at the wheel and crashes his truck. Is there a connection??? Gee, I wonder.
I've hit this in software. Someone - not me - gives an estimate, a deadline is created, then... when I say the deadline can't be met... I'm 'negative' or 'confrontational' or 'not a team player'. When the deadline isn't met, I've been singled out as the 'cause' because I was trying to 'prove a point' or related language. Doesn't happen every day, but has happened more than a few times, and has happened to colleagues I've heard recount similar stories.
But yeah, in that example - totally the driver's fault. He's willing to break company property just to try to get himself some more sleep every week, without even considering the shareholders who've already taken out margin loans against their stock. Can you imagine how crappy it will be for them if next quarter comes in below analyst estimates?
