Real Talk with Mayra

As I write this post tonight, I write it with a heavy heart.  You may think Code of Blue is about police officers, but it is not, it's about Conductors, Train Conductors to be exact.  See they too wear a Blue Uniform.  They also have a code, where they seem to think you should never tell on one another.  It seems the ones that make sure you know about this code are the ones that are doing something wrong and don't want to, how should I say, lose their jobs. I spoke to an old friend the other day, he now carries a big responsibility at the company and asked about a situation with an employee, and how he felt she lied about something, much to his surprise I informed him, she had not lied.  The men that work for him had lied. This company has a lot of managers that turn a blind eye to the things that go on in the ranks.  Especially when it comes to their men.  Let me tell you some of the things I've witnessed or were a target of and how the manager...

Today I am going to talk about the men I work with and I use the word men loosely.  In case you're not aware I am a female working in an industry of men and not just any men but men that feel women don't belong here.  I am an engineer in the railroad, and if you think it's 2019 and things have really changed, THINK AGAIN!   I will give you a little background so you can see the whole picture.  I came from the private sector to work in a government agency.  I started out as management but even there you really couldn't show you had any kind of brains.  I had my cheerleaders and my haters, but at least I didn't go through some of the things I'm going to share with you here today. I've been on the non-management side of things for six years now, I've worked as a brakeman, conductor, yardmaster and for the last five years an engineer.  I like what I do for a living but I don't Love what I do for a living and yes there is a huge difference between the...