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Yeah not sure why everyone keep running with this hear say lol. It’s like ya like to post these things to kill someone’s hopes or something lol. Again until it’s in writing I wouldn’t pay it any attention! The last list when deep so for all those people still waiting to be called just keep hope, check here and make sure your contact information is correct so when they contact you, you’ll know!

I totally understand what you’re saying. Nothing negative was said though, I’m terms of needing to say “keep that off here” or whatever the other poster said. There’s been a ton of information provided here so anything to help another fellow future employee out without jeopardizing your job isn’t an issue. Someone saying “you will have to speak to school car superintendent if you misspelled something or phrased a signal question wrong” definitely isn’t going to hurt anyone!

Yeah you could do so much with ya RDOs, most you can get approved is 3 days consecutive. The request must be put in 20 days prior to get a guaranteed approval. The wknds and mondays be hard but you can do it if you’re on the line at the right time. You’ll get the hang of it when you start lol

If you’re asking to bank it, you have to call the IVR some holidays that fall on the weekends, the IVR won’t recognize it so it’s the day after. Just call timekeeping next day or 2 to verify that the day was requested as being banked.

An induction class is about 70-80 people. Then from that you pick which division you want to be in. It’s based of ya test score seniority. After that you’re separated into groups of 10. My induction class was 73 I believe, we had a few people who were brought in from a previous list because they were hurt during school car. But our regular B division class was 10 and a total of 4 classes.

lol because of us posting this? I highly doubt that. Again we’re not saying they are gonna give everyone a chance if they make a mistake or not. It obviously goes on your history in school car which is common knowledge. Again I doubt transit is scouring this forum for this type of info when they literally barely have people able to work or even coming to work for that matter.

Your TSS and the superintendent of school car.

Think that might be the least thing to worry about being public with transit lol

Everyone passed 10/10. For our induction I believe it was 40 of us in B division and everyone also made it through the exams. Like RTOMan said don’t let that I gotta get 100 be your main focus. There are other parts of the job that you have to become familiar with as well and you don’t want to stress out over this and then it hurts your overall skill set as a T/O!

On the signals you have to get a 100. There’s a written part if you write a definition wrong they will have you speak to the school car superintendent to make sure you understand the definition properly and depending on your school car record it can go either way. Just speaking from what I seen with others. Just study and put the time in and you’ll be fine! Once you get called all of this will be explained.

Yeah I was XX same time and never had this tour and RDOs changing weekly thing. I know this happened in the past but I started before pandemic and didn’t see this at all, not even with classmates or others in my induction group. Again maybe before this list this was the case but most recently this hasn’t been a practice I’ve heard of. I know there were some that this happened to during pandemic if I’m not mistaken but that’s clearly because we were severely short staffed! Now with the vacancy bid, I will say that yes if you bid on a temp and the T/O comes back yes you fall back to XX and you will be at the bottom number wise. However again this is MY experience past and present (currently had this happen) they have kept me with same RDOs and same tour. So it’s on you if you want to take that risk. Just like nipaaaa said it’s the random start times and locations that get annoying once you get dropped to the bottom. I haven’t worked a 40 week yet, but to be fair I’m in the B division and it’s pretty much open jobs everywhere everyday lol.

There won’t be an August class without a July class! Only time they stopped completely was during the height of Covid. That’s long and gone! There definitely will be a July class, patience is the key. I know it’s hard waiting and watching the forum hoping you get your call or email, but trust it will come! I went through the same thing and didn’t even know they were hiring from the beginning of the year I started. Just keep up with the post on here and know that they far from done hiring!!

Congrats!!! Caterpillars are comfortable but again it’s on your preference. If you haven’t worn steel toe boots before all of them will feel heavy and hot especially since it’s going to be summer time for you for school car. Good luck and hope to see you down here soon!

The caterpillars are good and you can get them wide cut. If you never wore steel toes you just gotta go on a trial and error type of picking.

Once you get sworn in after all that they tell you what class you’re in.

You cannot accept the conditional offer with an open ticket. I had an old ticket not even moving violation, it was a parking ticket I had from a car I had for a friend. I heard the guy say that we cannot move forward past today, I calmly went on the site and paid that ticket right there lol.

There’s no explanation, you cannot have any open tickets before you start. They tell you that. Not sure how the suspension goes but again they won’t let you move forward if you have any open tickets!

Yeah I was in the same boat, literally plead guilty and paid the ticket while sitting at Livingston! They do not care if you have points, it’s just you cannot start working with any open tickets. Parking or moving violations. Nothing. Make sure if you have a car registered under your name, all tickets are paid off because they can and will look your info up and you will be terminated according to them. In the long run it sucks because of insurance and stuff but like another member said take the defensive driving class and knock some of the points off!

Yeah it’s definitely worth it just putting in a bid, whether it’s for stability in schedule, days off or a certain line. Even the temporary jobs, depending on what the person is out for, you can catch a wknds off job and be good. They say that oh they can change your RDOs because you go back XX when the person comes back (resumes) but the crew office more than likely will leave your RDOs as was. They’ll just screw your over on putting you all over the place lol.

It’s all based on what’s left when it’s up to your number lol. My first pick I went VR last summer had wknds off all summer, even did the four wknd gig, won a job with Friday Saturday off one week and Sunday Monday the next. This pick I went queens AMs. Those PM jobs were trash and getting home on that train late night is no joke. I was awarded a wknd off job on the vacancy bid. It’s a lot you can do.

Just take ya time and remember the steps. Do a couple fake runs at home following the steps based off your notes and what the rules and regulations manual says! The biggest reason people fail is rushing, so just take ya time! You’re definitely not going to get a new tech for the practical lol especially in Coney Island yard. Don’t sweat it though, you got this, you’re gonna pass!!

In this case your classmate is supposed to call the crew office and tell them they didn’t get enough sleep and cannot work like that, that’s a safety hazard they’re supposed to change the job or put you on board for a later start time that gets you the 10-12 hrs window. That’s happened to me and I’ve called them and they’ve done just that. I honestly would say I prolly was XX for 2 picks so that’s one year maybe Year and a half. I understand how you could be feeling but trust those times of being XX for 4-5 because that seniority list wasn’t moving is gone! You have a lot of ppl taking promotions, other retiring, plus you can always bid on vacancy jobs. There’s options, I wouldn’t advise you to just give up!

You good? Why you feel like you’re suffering? The job isn’t easy at first but trust in terms of understanding terminology, procedures, getting comfortable operating that will come with time. Also if you feel like you’re struggling speak to your TSS’s they’re more than willing to help!

Congrats!!!! That’s so dope, sometimes you just gotta take matters into your own hands and pull up lol! Good luck and don’t hesitate to ask any questions if you need anything!

Yeah you will learn the different characters at each location when you come out on your as you’ll probably be extra extra. You’ll be placed in different locations but the best thing to do is not feed into it. Obviously don’t go for no disrespect but the little comments that you know they want a response from, I just ignore it. Schedule cards can be the same if you’re working the same pick job, however if you have a GO and there’s a supplement it can change your schedule drastically! My advice especially when you’re extra extra always ask for a schedule card. You can work and not talk to your partner, even though some people find this rude, you will get some people who just want to introduce themselves. They want to know who they’re working with. Other than that yeah you’ll just be in that cab alone for the most part. When you first come out though be prepared to have TSS’s pop up on you randomly and a lot!