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I started out of school with favorable locations most days... Favorable being anything not in Brooklyn. Then the pick came and I'm in Stillwell every day. One day I get 145 and sent to Stillwell anyway. So my number got lower and my location couldn't possibly be more difficult to commute to. I hear a lot of complaining about people in Coney Island don't want to work at Euclid and such... and they need an AM job and get pissed they can't have one.. I think that's ridiculous! I'm upstate and had I known we'd all be forced B division I might have waited. I don't care AM PM MID... My only hopes are something not in Brooklyn and they can put me on any other job any time. Hopefully when the metro north is running but if it's not stillwell that don't matter either. I don't care about how many trips, I don't care how long my lunch is, I don't care if it gets late clears everyday, I don't care if there's weekends and GOs.. I just want to not spend 3.5 hours each way in my commute. Luckily I won a bid at 207 so I'm gonna bark less for now. 😂

The problem here is the job is supposed to be based on seniority. If they can accommodate one, it should be #1. But they don't. It's random. The whole crew office thing is opaque.

The truth is, in RTO things aren't terrible. It only starts to get bad when you deal with anything that's some sort of "office". I would venture to say maybe 85 to 93% of dispatchers and TSS you run into during the week aren't bad. Just do your job and carry a little bit of positive energy. Like a 12-step program, one day at a time. It will get better!

Processing of applicants is small potatoes. Like @BigMike85 said.. Wait until you get the job... and live in Queens but get sent to the Bronx every single day... And your classmate lives in the Bronx but gets jobs in the same tour in Queens everyday. This place is an experience like no other, for sure.

I did say that.. but presumably if the list expired and people took the new test they'd possibly do better now that they know what to expect so it gives the old list people a leg up on the new people... But then you have legacy credits and all that which could potentially hurt former candidates too.. but really - if some guy came and scored higher than me on a new test and I didn't make it? I guess that's how it goes. You enjoy the age old wisdom of "wait your turn" -- what about "everyone doesn't get a trophy"? Yes, they announced Open competitive conductor applications will begin in June for a new list.

I got no skin in the warning game but - who's cutting in front of you? Because I been reading and I didn't notice that part?

Hey, in some way or another you earned it. Some people burned out their brains with drugs and never got that diploma or whatever.. maybe it's basic but the discipline to go take the test and follow through with it and all that... It's earned.. Maybe in an unconventional way.. It's certainly not handed out! And it's not something people "deserve". It takes sacrifice and commitment and a positive attitude in a place that doesn't always reciprocate.

So why do you want to deal with them for 25 years? Wait until you meet the crew office. 😂

You don't deserve it. You "earned" it. Are you guys all sure you passed the opa to read and understand English?

What I'm saying is factual and I'm sorry facts don't care about feelings. It's an old list. Lists expire.

And if covid didn't happen and a ton of people didn't also DIE, they'd probably never have gotten around the the 8000-9000 numbers is my point. Freeze or no freeze - they're reaching into the 9000s because people aren't with us any longer.

Nobody deserves anything. You get what you earn. Why does the guy who got a 90 on a test seven years ago deserve more chance than a guy who might get a 105 on it now? Are the candidates from 2016 better people than the candidates coming 2023? C'mon 6061 is still going because a high number of people died from covid, moved, retired due to covid, found better jobs or otherwise no longer qualify. This list should have been wrapped up a while ago. IMO, anyone getting in off a list more than 5 years later is due to luck and circumstance, nothing more.

I don't know but I'm going to be the first one to buy you a keychain and laminate you some strip maps because you're dedicated af. 😁 You may want to call olha. If you're persistent about how much the job means to you and how it can help your family, she might be able to work magic - she did for me . (But they were up to my list number and skipped me and I found it about it but that's another story)

But is that a perfect world if more qualified (better test takers -debateable) people don't get a shot after almost a decade? And for those who don't make it, they can take the next test and presumably score much better because they already know what to expect!

Money. That's the only reason transit does anything. Maybe it's costing them too much to canvas people from 8 years ago who are not interested anymore... Letters, phone calls, data entry etc

Someone has to say it. If you're in the seven or eight thousands, you never should have been hired. Thank covid for the opportunity. I'm not even sure I should have been hired. (5000s) A new list means better candidates with better scores, potentially.

You make the next class. Or sign up for the next test in June. I think you'll keep a little seniority if that's any solace. The way I read it, every class is above the next in seniority, but if you were called for a previous class and didn't make it, you'll be senior to the people within your next class.

Transit doesn't care about your schedule. People wait for trains, trains don't wait for people. You could probably delay an appointment, yes .. But that doesn't obligate them to ever call you again. Once they have enough people, they're done. Now - if you know when the next classes are .. you should be able to know about when you can be called. That information might help you figure out what you can be here for.

When I went, they wanted single sided not stapled. Not sure what flavor of the month they're taking now. Just FYI 🤷‍♂️

Lol you're making this too easy. Your old one is outdated. You need to do the whole thing over It's not just the drug test that expires, the paperwork does too.

The dates for application are on the MTA website. As far as when the test is, no one knows yet.

You can email dcas,I believe

Yeah if you can speak English you shouldn't even worry about those results. I got my results AFTER my pre-employment process

You took your what 3 months ago?

Animals did that when I was there for pre-employment. Smh.