When I first went to work for SP (in engine service), I was assigned to a yard job and was astonished that we had an hour for “coffee”, and hour for “beans”, and stopped work at least one hour before the normal off-duty time. Coming from a regular 9 to 5 job, I was astonished. Subsequently I learned from a higher level Market St. officer that management felt they were doing good if they got 4 1/2 hours of actual work out of a yard crew.
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