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I been hearing about this mass retirement since I got here but with these cushy senior man jobs these old f**kers just won't leave 😂 Nah but in all seriousness I have heard the same thing but idk if it's all in 1 year. I heard over the course of the next 5 years as people hit their retirement age along with service time there should be a ton of movement in all titles. Here's hoping 🤞

As per the new contract, if it gets ratified, u no longer fall to the bottom of xx. U now fall to the the XL list. Difference being they won't be able to change your tour and RDO for the rest of the pick and u will be assigned to a district and kept within it. That's what's on paper at least but let's see if the crew office actually honors it. Sounds like u will keep the tour, rdo and district of the job u bid on and won.

That's so weird I wonder why he ran...maybe nerves got the better of him

I haven't read a report but by rtoman saying this person may face charges coupled with something I heard about multiple crews being taken out of service after a body was found on the tracks, yes thats what it sounds like. It isn't the first time it's happened that I've heard. Probably won't be the last either. To the ones coming in...it's a serious job. Treat it as such.

I'm guessing a 12 9...charged up and kept it moving. Not the first time it's happened.

I'm coming back to the 1 next pick even though I've heard of this particular Train Service Superhero.

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Yea this. Some of the incidents I've heard about are wild. Mistakes are 1 thing and those happen to everybody. What I'm hearing about are wrong decision after wrong decision compounded by weak attempts at coverups. Lots of the new folks are doing fine but lately the incidents seem to be very mind boggling.

Not always a lie. I'm living proof.

I think you need to start writing a standup routine and try to get yourself out of transit like that 😄

Just means your name was on a certified list but they haven't gotten to it yet. Just weird civil service stuff. Whenever they want to hire they need to have a certified list of candidates. That certification has an expiration date and they recertify as needed.

It's either corrupt democrats or union busting republicans The 2 party system f**king Americans as it has for hundreds of years nothing new

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The nonsense is coming regardless of whatever we do because the whole country has been union busting for decades and the ones that remain most of them get declawed. I'm just saying stop putting it on the new folks saying we need to do more when we barely got time to balance work, family, and health. Now ya want us to go out and hand out flyers on our RDOs like that's gonna stop transit from doing whatever they want. No we not enemies but we inherited this local 100 we didn't make it and we certainly don't have the time to fix it.

I didn't say anything about assumptions I'm honestly asking how specifically can any of us do anything that makes any difference? Ya want to lay the blame on the new folks working xx or shit schedules for not getting involved as if anybody has any time. We vote them in to represent our interest and when people can't get any answers then that's when assumptions and misinformation take root. I been here 4 years through 2 admins and have needed both their help and both times I got nada so sorry if I have little faith in any of them. This union got beat down to it's knees before our time so maybe it's u guys heading out the door that are responsible for not holding these reps accountable.

When u say get involved with the union what exactly should people do? Going to meetings and drinking the Kool aid is just a waste of time. People say get involved but that's very vague.

When they request a certified list, they come with expiration dates. After those dates they have to keep asking to recertify lists. Idk why exactly but that's the way it works for all NYC civil service exams. If u are only up to the drug test part, u will be on the newest certified list so no worries, just a part of the process.

What's to stop the powers that be from letting the pick go forward with a regular work program and then releasing a supplement as they did during COVID? Not being contentious just don't think the fight is over that quick.

Anybody know whatever happened to that poster that was obsessing over being called and always asking everybody their list numbers? Sto something....i wonder if they got in..

I'm sure they don't have helping us in their list of priorities but that's supposed to be why we have a union. Like i said a system to improve the crew office would make it better for transit too but i been here long enough to know transit likes to shoot itself in the foot and also to know our union is weak, so u aren't wrong that this is probably as good as it will get. Still, just trying to change the narrative around the new people just being lazy and entitled. They are just able to see the flaws quick and are part of the generation that doesn't just stay quiet and grateful for "it could be worse".

We all get that it was worse, but that doesn't mean it can't get better. People will always want better when possible. It doesn't mean they are entitled, it just means they know their value. People back in the day were just grateful to have a job but now that there is more understanding of the psychological aspect of a work life balance, that's what people will strive for. It doesn't mean people don't want to work at all or have weekends off or just get 1 trippers close to home all the time. They just want to not have ridiculous report times that don't take travel into consideration. I get that in your day it was just as bad and worse, but it can be forgiven because of the lack of technology in that time. How was the crew office supposed to keep track of everyone using pen and paper and old computers? But with the advancement of computers this can be done so much better. I saw on Facebook someone suggest a point system that shows matches for jobs based on location and previous days clearing time. It can be done transparently and in a way that leaves no question that all things were considered and that would drastically improve morale and attendance and everyone, including transit, would benefit. Instead the "it's how it is and always was man up u snowflake" mentality rules and transit continues to have attendance issues and a hard time keeping quality employees.

There's this false narrative down here that new people are expecting to be treated like people with seniority. That's absolutely false. Nobody with an understanding of how seniority works is expecting weekends off and their pick of whatever assignments they want. The major issue is how the crew office jerk people around. I was lucky when i was xx and stayed close to home 99% of the time since i first came out. Even when my tour wasn't what i desired at least i wasn't reporting to Brooklyn every other day. People with file numbers higher than mine that were also xx were being absolutely killed with ridiculous reporting locations and times. One of my classmates refused to speak up cause she didn't want to be one to complain but they kept that poor lady on the completely opposite side of where she lived when the line that ran literally outside her house always had open jobs. It doesn't ever get addressed because people start picking jobs and forget how it was for them and stop caring. Some people like to float their file number so much that they are happy to see rookies suffer cause it makes their seniority that much more meaningful to them in a weird way. I dont think it's unreasonable for people to expect to be treated better. Better doesn't mean treated like a senior man, just means treated decently.

If u are XX i would not expect that at all. I got a hardship transfer to AM tours but i was still being sent all over the place. My classmate submitted a hardship g2 to be kept uptown since she lived upstate and had trouble finding child care and they told her no in a very nasty way.

I don't know the details of it but i imagine if it's taken care of and maintained properly u won't get fired for it, hence the every 6 month visits to make sure u are ok.

Listen if i made even close to the same in my previous job which was in an office setting, i wouldn't be here. I took a court assistant exam a while back and they have been sending me a lot of letters asking if I'm still interested for different courts. I imagine it's 9 to 5 or something close and no weekend work, but I'd lose something like 40k a year in salary. Comfort is nice but when u have a family and want to see them living a nice life, it's nothing to sacrifice your own for them. I know it's not always easy when u are xx, but it really does get better. In contrast, at my previous office there were older folks with 30 years in still being treated like trash. So while it was nice n comfy, your seniority means nothing in office settings or corporate America and here your seniority means a whole bunch.