The school system and AlphaRoute both seem to be downplaying this like it was just a suboptimal couple extra hours or something. But 10pm is a solid 7 hours after most schools let out. I don't...
The school system and AlphaRoute both seem to be downplaying this like it was just a suboptimal couple extra hours or something. But 10pm is a solid 7 hours after most schools let out. I don't care how much of a driver shortage you have, something had to go catestrophically wrong for that to happen, and it's frustrating that it doesn't look like they're even identifying what it was in their public statemwnts. I'm really curious what really went down.
I'll gladly point this out to any employer. One company I worked at was having trouble hiring software engineers. We were doing relatively mundane work so it makes sense we weren't getting a ton...
I'll gladly point this out to any employer. One company I worked at was having trouble hiring software engineers. We were doing relatively mundane work so it makes sense we weren't getting a ton of attention. In one of the team meetings the CEO asked if anyone had any ideas for getting people into the hiring pipeline.
Me: "Well you could always pay people more. Pay people enough and they'll do anything."
CEO: poker face
I felt well paid. But regardless he wasn't interested in budging on advertised compensation.
I've found putting it in terms of potential lost revenue or productivity gets C-levels motivated better. Instead of "you could always pay people more," you have to spin it like "not having these...
I've found putting it in terms of potential lost revenue or productivity gets C-levels motivated better. Instead of "you could always pay people more," you have to spin it like "not having these developers is costing us 33% productivity" or "Upgrading our developer's hardware would would eliminate 30 minutes of compiling downtime for each dev each day."
Trying to optimize bus routes like this (including traffic conditions and other causes of delay) is a classic kind of operations research problems. A post Morten would be quite interesting, unless...
Trying to optimize bus routes like this (including traffic conditions and other causes of delay) is a classic kind of operations research problems. A post Morten would be quite interesting, unless this just ended up as an old fashion communication breakdown. There are two intriguing theories in the article:
“But we recognize that the situation was extremely regrettable and likely caused by the significant changes to bus routing which were made necessary by the district’s severe driver shortage,” the statement said.
The issue could have been prevented “with allowing those who perform the task to sit at the table and help design the routes, give ample time to practice the routes, to ensure they are correct
I'm a little confused as to what actually happened. It seems implied that there were major routing mistakes leading to a delay in the children being dropped off. But how much of a routing mistake...
I'm a little confused as to what actually happened. It seems implied that there were major routing mistakes leading to a delay in the children being dropped off. But how much of a routing mistake can result in children being stuck for 6+ hours? I'm baffled.
The school system and AlphaRoute both seem to be downplaying this like it was just a suboptimal couple extra hours or something. But 10pm is a solid 7 hours after most schools let out. I don't care how much of a driver shortage you have, something had to go catestrophically wrong for that to happen, and it's frustrating that it doesn't look like they're even identifying what it was in their public statemwnts. I'm really curious what really went down.
We will try everything, except raising wages.
I'll gladly point this out to any employer. One company I worked at was having trouble hiring software engineers. We were doing relatively mundane work so it makes sense we weren't getting a ton of attention. In one of the team meetings the CEO asked if anyone had any ideas for getting people into the hiring pipeline.
I felt well paid. But regardless he wasn't interested in budging on advertised compensation.
I've found putting it in terms of potential lost revenue or productivity gets C-levels motivated better. Instead of "you could always pay people more," you have to spin it like "not having these developers is costing us 33% productivity" or "Upgrading our developer's hardware would would eliminate 30 minutes of compiling downtime for each dev each day."
You could. but if an employer is complaining about lack of candidates, then they should already be on the same page that they are missing something.
Trying to optimize bus routes like this (including traffic conditions and other causes of delay) is a classic kind of operations research problems. A post Morten would be quite interesting, unless this just ended up as an old fashion communication breakdown. There are two intriguing theories in the article:
Clearly the last drop-off was at
09:58:00pm < t < 09:59:59pm. Pretty fine precision!I'm a little confused as to what actually happened. It seems implied that there were major routing mistakes leading to a delay in the children being dropped off. But how much of a routing mistake can result in children being stuck for 6+ hours? I'm baffled.