Soviet Bloc - there's nothing new here. The said company has always taken the attitude that anyone showing initiative and more than a modicum of excellence above the lowest common denominator will not fit in to the organisation as they are a threat to the status quo (i.e. the military attitude of the circa 1960’s & ’70’s) as well as the a threat to the over-inflated ego’s of the management – who was it who said: “It’s my train set and I’ll do what ever I want with it”?