Exam 6601 Conductor 6601 Hiring Process

[Mikec1220]

3 hours ago, Jericho said:

They will notify you when the time comes. If you do not know your list number, you can search yourself in DCAS and see how long you have to wait compared to the others posting here.

I know my list number but where does it tell you how long you have to wait 

[TurtleTA]

Hello everyone,

I’m looking for some advice. Currently i’m in a retail job making decent money obviously minus the stability of MTA. Besides taking a pay cut which I don’t mind, I’m hearing from a few people that their work assignment is crazy. Anyone that can give insight on this? I live in Staten Island. Don’t mind working the crazy hours but getting thrown up into the Bronx every so often would make it a killer commute and maybe not worth the pay cut even for the long term? Thank you all in advance.

[Jericho]

10 hours ago, Mikec1220 said:

I know my list number but where does it tell you how long you have to wait 

Nowhere, you gotta figure it out. Looking back, it looks like the last range of people that were sworn in were 42XX and keep in mind the list has been active for 5-6 years.

[Toba817]

Hey all hope all is well and safe. I need some advice or another view on this. I took this exam years back, and I'm in year 14 of being a city employee(schools) . I work 182 days a year with summers off , and make almost top pay of what a conductor makes. Now I got the email yesterday to report for conductor, but they also sent out a text to report for bus operator.. I never took that exam. Since we've all took this exam years back I've moved on with my current career I have a pension ,vested now . I'm closer to 40 now, took this exam in 2015-2016 I think, I was in my early 30s. I've always wanted to work for transit but as the years went by and I've gotten older, being sent out all over the city essentially being a rookie (lol) & having odd ball schedules doesn't sound to appealing but damn, being part of a train crew sounds fun as heck! Any advice? Thank you all in advance for your help. 

[SevenEleven]

Realistically, it’s best to stay. It’s going to be a lot of years before you can see weekends, holidays or summer vacation. Then however long it takes for you to pick a job with set hours. Commuting is gonna suck since where you start is not always where you go home from. Then you have the pay cut for 5 years. The OT is there though. 
 

If you can leave your DOE job and come back (in which you should within the year), try it out for the fun of it. Just keep in mind that training will take up most of the year, so you won’t have a lot of time being out on your own before you would have to make the decision to stay or not. 

[sc32]

1 hour ago, Toba817 said:

Hey all hope all is well and safe. I need some advice or another view on this. I took this exam years back, and I'm in year 14 of being a city employee(schools) . I work 182 days a year with summers off , and make almost top pay of what a conductor makes. Now I got the email yesterday to report for conductor, but they also sent out a text to report for bus operator.. I never took that exam. Since we've all took this exam years back I've moved on with my current career I have a pension ,vested now . I'm closer to 40 now, took this exam in 2015-2016 I think, I was in my early 30s. I've always wanted to work for transit but as the years went by and I've gotten older, being sent out all over the city essentially being a rookie (lol) & having odd ball schedules doesn't sound to appealing but damn, being part of a train crew sounds fun as heck! Any advice? Thank you all in advance for your help. 

I mean sounds like you kinda gotta it made bud. It would be hard for me  to leave somewhere where I’m steady have a pension and summers off to come work a brutal schedule and take a cut. Best of luck. 

[MTA SAMA]

On 2/8/2022 at 7:18 AM, Gullys said:

email LMA to be Reinstated 

email Olha to be Reschedule

with list number 

ssn

title

name 

LMACustomerService@dcas.nyc.gov
 

Olha.Nyahay@nyct.com

Thank you very much for the help, just did that this morning after reading your response. I truly appreciate it 🙏 

[Toba817]

14 hours ago, TurtleTA said:

Hello everyone,

I’m looking for some advice. Currently i’m in a retail job making decent money obviously minus the stability of MTA. Besides taking a pay cut which I don’t mind, I’m hearing from a few people that their work assignment is crazy. Anyone that can give insight on this? I live in Staten Island. Don’t mind working the crazy hours but getting thrown up into the Bronx every so often would make it a killer commute and maybe not worth the pay cut even for the long term? Thank you all in advance.

Hey, so i look at it like this. Do you see yourself working that retail job in the long term, although you are making decent money? Also I understand living in Staten island can be a very hard thing commuting wise. 

[Toba817]

4 hours ago, sc32 said:

I mean sounds like you kinda gotta it made bud. It would be hard for me  to leave somewhere where I’m steady have a pension and summers off to come work a brutal schedule and take a cut. Best of luck. 

Thanks for your insight. It is a touch choice, I'm not getting any younger and having brutal schedules doesn't sound to attractive now. If i was in my early to late 20s yea i would not have questioned it, but almost at 40, its tough.

[sc32]

14 hours ago, TurtleTA said:

Hello everyone,

I’m looking for some advice. Currently i’m in a retail job making decent money obviously minus the stability of MTA. Besides taking a pay cut which I don’t mind, I’m hearing from a few people that their work assignment is crazy. Anyone that can give insight on this? I live in Staten Island. Don’t mind working the crazy hours but getting thrown up into the Bronx every so often would make it a killer commute and maybe not worth the pay cut even for the long term? Thank you all in advance.

I’m in a similar boat. I live in Staten as well, currently working a comfortable 9-5 making ok money. But I feel long term benefits and pension for the family is really hard to turn down. Not looking forward to the random commutes and hours , but I think it’s a necessary sacrifice 

[Toba817]

5 hours ago, SevenEleven said:

Realistically, it’s best to stay. It’s going to be a lot of years before you can see weekends, holidays or summer vacation. Then however long it takes for you to pick a job with set hours. Commuting is gonna suck since where you start is not always where you go home from. Then you have the pay cut for 5 years. The OT is there though. 
 

If you can leave your DOE job and come back (in which you should within the year), try it out for the fun of it. Just keep in mind that training will take up most of the year, so you won’t have a lot of time being out on your own before you would have to make the decision to stay or not. 

Thanks for the reply! My uncle has been in 20yrs and still can get a weekends off lol. 

[Gullys]

3 hours ago, MTA SAMA said:

Thank you very much for the help, just did that this morning after reading your response. I truly appreciate it 🙏 

Anytime here to help 

Btw Olha is the hiring manager 

I just got called for medical  

to come in tomorrow 6:30am 

my hard work paid off 

list number #42xx

[sc32]

2 minutes ago, Toba817 said:

Thanks for your insight. It is a touch choice, I'm not getting any younger and having brutal schedules doesn't sound to attractive now. If i was in my early to late 20s yea i would not have questioned it, but almost at 40, its tough.

Yea I get that. I just turned 30 and have been at my job for 12 years. Change is going to be tough but necessary for pension and benefits etc . Best of luck with your decision. 

[Schecter]

14 hours ago, TurtleTA said:

Hello everyone,

I’m looking for some advice. Currently i’m in a retail job making decent money obviously minus the stability of MTA. Besides taking a pay cut which I don’t mind, I’m hearing from a few people that their work assignment is crazy. Anyone that can give insight on this? I live in Staten Island. Don’t mind working the crazy hours but getting thrown up into the Bronx every so often would make it a killer commute and maybe not worth the pay cut even for the long term? Thank you all in advance.

They'll throw you around everywhere while you're still new, I live in queens and since I've been out of school car for t/o since October I've never been close to home only 1 time, all other times I'm either at 207 terminal or Bedford Park. Even when I was a c/r from 2019 until my promotion I was thrown everywhere. As time progresses you'll gain senority and get to pick a job. I have my c/r classmates who've been out since 2019 and still haven't picked a job yet...

[sc32]

1 minute ago, Schecter said:

They'll throw you around everywhere while you're still new, I live in queens and since I've been out of school car for t/o since October I've never been close to home only 1 time, all other times I'm either at 207 terminal or Bedford Park. Even when I was a c/r from 2019 until my promotion I was thrown everywhere. As time progresses you'll gain senority and get to pick a job. I have my c/r classmates who've been out since 2019 and still haven't picked a job yet...

Out of curiosity how has the transition from conductor to operator been ? 

[nipaaaa]

14 hours ago, Toba817 said:

Hey all hope all is well and safe. I need some advice or another view on this. I took this exam years back, and I'm in year 14 of being a city employee(schools) . I work 182 days a year with summers off , and make almost top pay of what a conductor makes. Now I got the email yesterday to report for conductor, but they also sent out a text to report for bus operator.. I never took that exam. Since we've all took this exam years back I've moved on with my current career I have a pension ,vested now . I'm closer to 40 now, took this exam in 2015-2016 I think, I was in my early 30s. I've always wanted to work for transit but as the years went by and I've gotten older, being sent out all over the city essentially being a rookie (lol) & having odd ball schedules doesn't sound to appealing but damn, being part of a train crew sounds fun as heck! Any advice? Thank you all in advance for your help. 

i would stay, you won't see summer off until another 15+ years. And at this time, conductors are moving up very slowly. I have friends who started almost 4 years ago, basically the beginning of this list and they still can't pick anything and are on extra extra list. You'd have to work 5 years for top pay as a conductor and it'd take 10 years to be vested at 50%. 

[Nicholasp]

15 hours ago, Gullys said:

Anytime here to help 

Btw Olha is the hiring manager 

I just got called for medical  

to come in tomorrow 6:30am 

my hard work paid off 

list number #42xx

So you think for any one they should contact dcas if it past the 90 day mark ?

[PatientlyWaiting30]

Hey, I see a lot of people questioning if they should jump on this opportunity because they are already at another position. I think you most definitely have to weigh the pros and cons. You have benefits, overtime, can easily hit $100,000 annually once you reach top pay and a full pension. Consider the costs of health insurance. I believe your wife and kids can be covered in transits health benefits plan, correct me if I'm wrong. You also have job security. For someone like myself who has been through tough times I want to make sure my job will be there tomorrow. Job security is of the utmost importance to me. 
 

For the gentleman working for the B.O.E I believe you mentioned you are older, have summers off, are deep into your pension and you like it. If your job is secure, like iron clad, maybe I'd stay.  
 

for the gentleman in retail, now unless you're a manager or u work commission, it doesn't matter, I'd bounce. The only plus I see is if you have some transferable bookkeeping skills. Stay in retail?! No thanks, gimme the homeless and pissed of New Yorkers any day. This is nyc. It's all about the money and being able to afford to live here and provide for your family. Out of pocket health insurance is crazy expensive plus mta has more job security. So what if I gotta work far and crazy hours, we been waiting 7 years for this opportunity. 
 

as for me, someone can take my spot. Literally Just got offered an analyst position yesterday with a start up and the benefits are better than MTA's. I would work remote, so I save money on gas, food and don't have to get up any earlier for my commute. Plus I was a doorman for 9 years. I'm never, ever answering to someone again, have a Shitty schedule, or work weekends. That's a dub. I worked hard and studied hard to get here, with no college degree. Corporate is much easier to deal with than a bunch of pri*cvs who feel entitled or having to go through hoops and bounds for vacation and where everything is based on seniority. No thanks. Unlimited PTO was the icing on the cake. 
 

 

[Gullys]

1 hour ago, Nicholasp said:

So you think for any one they should contact dcas if it past the 90 day mark ?

Dcas part I was told by employment 347-643-8215

8217 is hiring manager Ms Olha ext I figured out 

the best person to speak with is Olha she the reason I’m here right now in medical 

I saw people with list number 33xx in medical 

if everything go good in medical there’s a class on 2-21-22 I will be in 

[Nicholasp]

3 minutes ago, Gullys said:

Dcas part I was told by employment 347-643-8215

8217 is hiring manager Ms Olha ext I figured out 

the best person to speak with is Olha she the reason I’m here right now in medical 

I saw people with list number 33xx in medical 

if everything go good in medical there’s a class on 2-21-22 I will be in 

Im about to give her a call haha 

[Nicholasp]

So I called and 

5 hours ago, Gullys said:

Dcas part I was told by employment 347-643-8215

8217 is hiring manager Ms Olha ext I figured out 

the best person to speak with is Olha she the reason I’m here right now in medical 

I saw people with list number 33xx in medical 

if everything go good in medical there’s a class on 2-21-22 I will be in 

So I called and she said basically for medical they are up to people in the 44xx range. And since I'm 48xx they'll call me back to redo pre employment process and then proceed with medical. 

[Gullys]

1 hour ago, Nicholasp said:

So I called and 

So I called and she said basically for medical they are up to people in the 44xx range. And since I'm 48xx they'll call me back to redo pre employment process and then proceed with medical. 

🤙🏿🤙🏿🤙🏿
 

Pretty much what happen to me

keep up with them 

I had come in here without being told to get some action done

 

im now waiting for interview and fingerprint 

[Ty204]

Completed my drug test on 12/9. Had to reschedule medical and got in contact with Olha. Completed medical and fingerprints yesterday. I will be in the Feb 21 class. Good luck to everybody.

List number: 40xx

[Jj21]

I completed my drug test 12/9. I contacted Olha to reschedule my medical. I completed medical and fingerprints yesterday and will be apart of the Feb. 21 class. Good luck to everybody!

[Nicholasp]

6 minutes ago, Jj21 said:

I completed my drug test 12/9. I contacted Olha to reschedule my medical. I completed medical and fingerprints yesterday and will be apart of the Feb. 21 class. Good luck to everybody!

Hope I'm in the class after yours which probably will be April