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  1. On 8/10/2023 at 10:11 AM, Godsfavorite said:

    Yeah, I am yx now and the senior people I talk to are considering it. 

    FWIW, just to give you an idea, some of those people talking about retiring "soon" end up leaving years later. Some don't reach their savings or pension income goals, others realize that they need to make up for "bad time" with NYCERS, and sadly in some cases, things come up last minute...

  2. 15 hours ago, RTOMan said:

    Yall better be careful with Urgent Care...

    They playing games not filling out sick forms and the like because sooo many RTO Rookies (yes rookies) are booking sick for all kinds of chit and running to them thinking they will just fill out that form.

    I tell anyone  starting down here to get their own doctor and stop dealing with these quacks at Urgent Care...

    I've been burnt by CityMD not filling the form correctly, and their staff being nearly useless in terms of submitting an updated document so I understand your point.

    Admittedly, most of us go to CityMD and other clinics because it's convenient, open with a wide span of hours, and I'm in and out relatively quickly. As a late PM person, the only place that's open by the time I call out is basically urgent care or the ER. And my PCP is basically at minimum a three hour wait, nor am I going to burn multiple days to go to the clinic the next day to wait three hours to see the PCP to sign off on a form for the same price as my local urgent care.

  3. 14 hours ago, Alucard said:

    Thanks Jericho. 

    When you mention "for the year" are you speaking for a calendar year Jan-Dec or for an MTA annual Year of May-May? 

    So key is to keep it under 5 sick/callouts per year. Good info. 

    Do you know of a 70/30 rule as well, something to the effect of maintaining 70% of your accrued sick, or be placed into console/control? Thanks again! 

    IIRC, it's essentially on a rolling basis. FWIW, you can count back one year from today the number of absences to determine if you're at risk of hitting sick control. There are other ways of falling into the sick control regime, so as always, run down to Urgent Care with the forms to minimize the number of unexcused absences.

    70/30 more so divides the employee population into two camps. Employees are eligible for placement in the 70% category, IIRC, from their third year onwards with essentially minimal use of sick time. If you use up significant amounts of your sick time with doctor's lines, you may avoid sick control, but you can fall into the 30% category. It's not a hard 70% of your sick time, but if there's significant usage of sick time, you can fall into the 30% that Transit views as more likely to use sick time which comes with more restrictive rules for calling out sick such as being subject to home visits.

  4. 40 minutes ago, RTOMan said:

    Try NOT to use "My car broke down" as a excuse for being late or a emergency AVA....

    As somebody that used to work for AAA, let's just say that if you know your car has issues, leave some extra time and eat the cost of Uber just in case. We weren't exactly the quickest with coming out to the scene for the guys who worked for Transit. :-/

    If you're going to try for an AVA, you'll need proof such as a tow receipt proving that you had car trouble. 

  5. 18 hours ago, Jordan11208 said:

    Question… Do mta employees get free ez pass? Do we get allowances for commute and parking expenses.? I was reading something about transitcheck nd sum else forgot what it was called 

    Nope. You're on your own for the tolls. 

    They do offer Transitcheck which, IIRC, can be used to pay for other miscellaneous transit and parking fees. I didn't bother with it, and I suspect most others won't either. Parking for all intents and purposes is whatever limited street or yard parking is available. 

  6. 11 hours ago, RTOMan said:

    TA as in any business with a high turnover job over hires AND they see a lot of folks are close to retirement who have less than four years to go..

    They aren't counting on most of those tier four folks (like me) staying either...

    So they don't want to be caught shorthanded again..

    Rather pay someone 8 hrs str to sit than pay for RDOs, Extra Trips, Late clears which costs more..

    Coincidentally, this is why I tell my new partners and schoolcar train operators that I meet to budget based on *base* pay, and not rosy expectations of perpetual overtime.

  7. Just now, Pkk said:

    Thank you. Yeah I’m trying to get as much info as I can from those who are working there before I make my decision.

    I don't blame you for wanting as much information as possible. I read the stories from current and former employees at other railfan message boards, and had retirees hint at the potential issues. Admittedly the job can and will be stressful at times, but thousands of other people have motormen and train operators on our railroad for over a century, so one can argue if they did it, so can you. :-)

    With that said, it's harder to come here if you're coming from a comfortable white collar job that pays similar wages. It's hard to come here if you're used to goofing off at work and doing nothing all day. There's definitely a trade off here, and it's harder if you're coming from those types of work environments. If you're earning less than what transit offers, and it's stressful, you might as well come down. :-)

     

  8. 8 hours ago, Pkk said:

    I’m currently employed with another company. I’m still indecisive with what to do if I get the t/o position. I don’t want to do OT at all if I can avoid it. But I think with the one year probation I can’t use your methods to avoid dispatch? I do want to work in mta like you guys. I am just afraid it ll be extremely miserable and I’ll regret quitting my current job. Tough decision

    There's a part of me that wants to argue that if you're already in the mental mindset of trying to escape OT, you may want to consider declining and letting somebody else have that spot.

    If you need the money, come on down but be prepared to work hard and pound the road for your money. If you're at a place where you're comfortable, enjoy your coworkers or your customers, and the money is good, it may be better to stay there. I admittedly joined in my 30s, so my mindset would be different compared to my 20s, especially when I was financially supported by my parents. 

  9. On 2/23/2023 at 4:09 AM, Djf22 said:

    I keep hoping tied 6 will get better when more tier 6 people move up in rank and when tier 6 is the majority 

    They're never going to improve Tier VI anytime soon unless you see a *huge* economic boom and a very generous bull market. The only way to really counteract the changes imposed by Tier VI is to increase our pay to compensate for what we pay into the pension compared to previous Tiers.  Any changes to Tier VI need to be worked on by *everybody* in the Tier across NYS civil service, not just Transit.

  10. 4 hours ago, RTOMan said:

    A div life must be horrible for you..

    They got Folks over here in the B Div sitting on the board all day not picking up anything str chillin watching Deal or no Deal on TV..

    Don't worry about the work program you XX anyway...

    As for Schoolcar Ill just LOL at that train wreck (No im not saying why its happening here either).

     

    That Deal or No Deal joke is a fun secret reference and inside joke. :-)

    3 hours ago, Youngking said:

    I’m still in my 20’s and as of right now I rather have financial stability so I can invest and build a future instead of being able to “smell the roses”. Especially with the state of the economy and all the lay offs right now. 

    But what’s stopping you from enjoying your day after you get off work. I don’t get why you guys are saying the job takes up your whole life. After your 8 hour shift is finished can’t you go out and enjoy your day like any other normal job I’m confused as to why you guys make it seem like your doing 20 hour shifts everyday.

    FWIW, I've been at this for nearly four years, and with the exception of schoolcar and my first month or so on the road, I've worked PMs, so my experiences can vary, but there are days where you'll have a 2.5-hour commute to and from the reporting site, sometimes four to five hours on board waiting for a job and then a full 8 to 10 hour job on the road. So it does soak up a bit of your time, and you're sometimes so zonked from working that you're just too tired to do anything, or in my case, everybody is asleep and everything is closed which leaves everything for your RDOs. Given that your RDOs are most likely going to be during the week, it's a bit a hit to your social life as well if you're a weekend warrior.

    As with all things, working down here requires you be a bit more disciplined about things including your own physical and mental health, and you do trade off the ability to make a decent bit of money in exchange for a short commute and some free time, especially at the start of your career. But if you take that same discipline that will get you through schoolcar to your free time, you can sometimes make it work for you. 

  11. 18 hours ago, RTOMan said:

    They can run a supplement (after 90 days its voided so they got to have a work program to go back to)

    This wasn't their plan their plan is a year long pick in RTO, all other departments have it except Surface.

    Pick can be postponed and it can take them as long as they want to have a pick..

    I feel this contract coming up they going to push for it.

    TIL.

    Admittedly, I get the strange feeling that a lot of people would eat a year long pick if it means a third and fourth bid are included. It really isn't worth it to give up the right to two picks per year, especially since it allows not quite senior employees to move up quickly, but also there's no way that running a pick costs them *that much* that we should give up something valuable in exchange for what would be nothing and very loosely written replacement language in the contract.

  12. 18 hours ago, RTOMan said:

    Will TA go that route with TSS?

     

    I think a few other systems have done the same with dispatchers, but TSS feels like a different game given their hands-on role within the system. It's possible, but I definitely feel you should have some time on the job before you're allowed to sit for that exam. At least five years in RTO, IMHO.

  13. 14 hours ago, trackerjack said:

    can you G2 into your way into C div?  or do i have to wait until i'm drafted like a lotto?
    it's less stress right?  compared to be on the mad max road

    I suspect that after your two years of service, you could always try to bid your way into it if you can't pick it...

  14. 1 hour ago, Nyhoneydip said:

    Only on a Night i can't sleep and going through my emails and see i received email telling me to come to my medical appointment on Monday at 630am. I would of never noticed the email because mta was not in the subject line 🤷🏽‍♀️ well I'm definitely excited thank god i looked on time because i would of been highly upset to miss this opportunity I've been waiting on for months ! Also since i just noticed the email I'm not able to get a money order since P.O. are closed on sundays! Will they let me get a money order at the medical interview 

    Go to the Farley Post Office in Manhattan on 8th Ave & 33rd Street across from MSG. They're open from 11 AM to 7 PM on Sundays.

  15. 9 hours ago, SuspiciousTSSspy said:

     

     

    Can't we all just get along?  We're going to get through this together my brothers!  We are all in this together.  Carry on, carry on.  Just another neighborhood friendly TSS strolling by.

    I suspect whatever the TSSes, ATDs, TDs, and MS1/2s receive in their currently super delayed contract will reflect what we could possibly see. If SSSA gets weak raises, don't expect us to do better. I get the strange feeling that they're going to play the long game with everybody and hold out for as long as possible in order to repay us with inflated retro checks.

  16. 3 hours ago, beanz said:

    I been working days off for some extra Christmas money and leave time and i never did that for any job before

    In contrast, I've been here three years, and I've yet to do an RDO. The opportunity costs were lower at my old job as it was 15 minutes away from home, I basically goofed off at the desk, and I could work a quick 4 to 5 hours and go home. An RDO is basically a long commute + doing actual work even if it's on the line that you've picked and know super well.

  17. 1 hour ago, NewOP718 said:

    What’s Sub C and is it a desirable division or are you guys being sarcastic lol

    "Sub C" is Work Trains. Don't worry about if until you're two years out of schoolcar. :-)

    Some people love it and throw away their brake handles, a few people try it out, hate it, and run right back to the road. I was drafted and did the posting and didn't like it, but after doing it, I have even more respect for the motormen who stay in it. 

  18. 8 hours ago, trackerjack said:

    if you are a religious man....you can pray to get drafted into C-div

    You need two years before they'll even let you play with a work train. :-)

    With that said, I was drafted into training but I didn't like it, but there are some people who love playing with beat up diesels in a tunnel. But those dudes deserve their work train hats and shirts because if you can do Work Trains, you can do *anything*.

  19. 8 hours ago, trackerjack said:

    ummm.  4 weeks after 3 years?  :(  dare i say. that's NOT TOO BAD (omg is that my first POSITIVE Comment??!)
    - is that 3 years calendar years?  or does 1 year probation won't count towards those years? thx

    Three years from your induction date for use in your *fourth* year. So induction classes from 2019 hit their third year in 2022, so they have four weeks to use in 2023.

  20. On 12/1/2022 at 7:36 PM, trackerjack said:

    BID SHEETS ARE OUT!!! are you going to do some fishing?? play the Lotto. perm vs temp?

    I wouldn't switch what I have now for anything on the temporary vacancy list. That's a sucker bet.

    For the rest of you that are XX, there maybe some hidden gems out there.

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