Upper Quotes

“Level, is spelled the same forward and backwards. Those on the upper level can always hit the bottom, and those on the bottom can always rank to the top. Envision your footprints up there already trailing, and your feet will soon follow suit.”
― Anthony Liccione

“The upper management team had informed me that an employee that worked for me was a poor performer and would be terminated soon. This employee was clearly displaying mental health issues that were causing problems in the workplace. When I followed the company procedures and reported this to human resources, their response was to inform me that my contract would not be renewed and I would be immediately fired if anyone complained about me. This was my introduction to how mental health issues are handled in the USA.”
― Steven Magee

“The upper management’s inability to deal with problem employees is not my problem.”
― Steven Magee

“The biggest surprise that I had during my time in high altitude astronomy was being prevented from arranging a free Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) onsite evaluation to assist with bringing the observatory into OSHA compliance by the upper management team that I reported to.”
― Steven Magee

“During almost a decade in high altitude astronomy, I developed a strong dislike for the upper management teams through experience.”
― Steven Magee

“It was clear to me that upper management and astronomers were adverse to going to very high altitude observatories.”
― Steven Magee

“Western governments are behaving like there is no upper limit to wireless radiation exposure of the masses.”
― Steven Magee

“I would always show up on Sunday morning, looking like hell after having partied all through the weekend without sleep. When I arrived, they would prime my inebriated carcass for church and drag me with them. And I’d prime myself by taking some sort of upper.
Sometimes I’d still fall asleep on the pew, but luckily, I was not the only one. After church, I would smile and strut my charm with the doting church mothers. I was so cunning about my addiction that most of them didn’t have a clue, other than the occasional rumor of an arrest, but those could easily be blamed on bad company. When I got home, I would sleep through the rest of the day and night until I finally awoke for school on Monday.”
― Michael J Heil, Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose

“Lower castes and other oppressed groups have less access to basic amenities and education and fewer prospects for social progress than their upper-caste counterparts.”
― Santosh Kalwar, Why Nepal Fails