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5th digit of your SSN. So if yours is 0, you’re first and I think they go by your sixth if you have the same number. If you have 9 for your 5th digit, you’ll most likely have the highest list number in your percentile

When you do pre-employment and the drug test during the first step, the MTA looks at both. If they like the packet and you pass the drug test, you are given a conditional offer of employment, meaning if you pass medical, the job is yours. There is no pass or fail with final processing. You literally just go in for finger prints and your pass photo to get your start date.

I wore a north face jacket and sweats every time I went. Just follow instructions when you get there and you’ll be alright. I’ve worn a suit and tie for other civil service titles but not this one.

It took me about 60 days from pre-employment to medical. Then when I qualified for medical, I was asked to come back the next day which made me miss that class so I waited a month to start training. Capital reports directly to the job site. You do not report to the picked location. You get travel time pay and overtime is built in. Most of the time you work under general orders which are out of service tracks. Maintenance reports directly to the picked location and then you report to the job site. I got maintenance nights out of school and I would say it’s a good place to learn. Though overtime is scarce in some spots. If there are overtime sheets, you bid with seniority.

Most likely 10 PM - 6 AM or 11 PM - 7 AM. Our class had capital and maintenance days available as well and that was 8 AM - 4 PM.

You’ll have weekends off during training and when you get to your reporting location as a X man out of OJT you’ll have a steady tour and RDO’s.

If the two dose vaccination requirement is still in place, than you are being sent home. I would schedule for the second dose immediately and do the math on when the two weeks are up so that they can reschedule you.

Any idea when these X’s are gonna do their own mini pick?

Starting pay is $25.45. Induction is for two weeks. We had mostly 6 AM - 2 PM’s but we did 3 PM - 11 PM’s a couple of times. You’ll do orientation and union for one day each and then you’ll learn track in class and do track safety during this time. The remaining 4 weeks will be OJT which is 8 AM - 4 PM In either Brooklyn or the Bronx. Depends on what you’re able to pick.

Mine is 437XX.. let’s get this pension y’all 🙏

How many people that need to be considered for appointment before you are. If a person has a list number of let’s say 10 and they reinstated with DCAS and nobody with a lower list number reinstated, then they are assigned sequence #1. They just requested names that were appointed many months ago, including mine when they shouldn’t have. I got an email inviting me for pre employment a couple of weeks ago. Been on since March lol

I’m in the dark with list numbers. I know with these OT sheets, I’m seeing seniority numbers over 100 from mine. I’m sure they are well in the 2200’s now then.. heard the goal is 2300’s but you know, everything is hearsay until it happens

I’m 917x and I still haven’t given up hope lol

You’ll get it your first day there. They probably won’t tell you this but they give it out in seniority order. First person called is number one. Last person called has the least seniority. At least that’s how it went with our class.

The instructor goes over the material everyday with the class so it’s not hard at all. May seem overwhelming at first but you’ll be alright. It’ll all click and you’ll catch onto it. They don’t expect you to know everything in two weeks.