“The management teams of the Mauna Kea Observatories in Hawaii were withholding key health and safety information from workers and there was a secret culture of taking lone workers into surprise meetings where the management team would harass them for their ‘voluntary’ resignations.” HawaiiHealth And SafetyManagement TeamMauna Kea ObservatoriesVoluntary ResignationsHarass ThemLone WorkersSecret CultureSurprise Meetings Author:Steven Magee
“The professional astronomy management team advised us to take drugs and oxygen to treat our acute mountain sickness, not supplements.” DrugsOxygenSupplementsNotTakeTreatProfessional AstronomyAdvisedManagement TeamAcute Mountain Sickness Book:Toxic Altitude Source: Toxic Altitude
“I hated supervising because the workplace is filled with slackers! If you follow the management team’s direction to get the work rate up, they complain about you! The workplace ends up being a toxic mess!” HatedWorkplaceDirectionToxic WorkplaceManagement TeamSlackersSupervisingComplain About YouToxic MessWork Rate Author:Steven Magee
“The altitude for ground based astronomical telescopes is set, in part, by how sick the management team is prepared to make their mountain summit staff in order to obtain their scientific observations.” OrderMountainSickPreparedAltitudeManagement TeamAstronomical TelescopesGround BasedScientific ObservationsSummit Staff Book:Toxic Altitude Source: Toxic Altitude