Exam 6601 Conductor 6601 Hiring Process

[Jericho]

37 minutes ago, CarlosS said:

I'm having trouble uploading my vaccination to MTA covid-19 portal...

It keeps saying bsd or dob Date is wrong.

Try sending it to OHSVaccineProof @mtahq.org

[Gullys]

2 hours ago, CarlosS said:

I'm having trouble uploading my vaccination to MTA covid-19 portal...

It keeps saying bsd or dob Date is wrong.

It’s should work on your start date for the vaccination site 

 

you not official transit worker until your start day

[Asa]

Vaccination site should work now, just did mine.

[JackDorsey]

1 hour ago, Asa said:

Vaccination site should work now, just did mine.

Same! Completed mines as well.

See you all later today. Hope a great first day for us all

[Gullys]

If anyone looking for a great bag that was in class today 

 

KAKA Travel Backpack, Carry On Backpack Durable Convertible Duffle Bag Fit for 17.3 Inch Laptop for Men and Women(Large 40L) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JTK7PFS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_D28AGG27SS3CWVCX8X6J?psc=1

 

hope the link work 

[CarlosS]

15 hours ago, JackDorsey said:

Same! Completed mines as well.

See you all later today. Hope a great first day for us all

Same here... Was able to do mine too

[CarlosS]

37 minutes ago, Gullys said:

If anyone looking for a great bag that was in class today 

 

KAKA Travel Backpack, Carry On Backpack Durable Convertible Duffle Bag Fit for 17.3 Inch Laptop for Men and Women(Large 40L) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JTK7PFS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_D28AGG27SS3CWVCX8X6J?psc=1

 

hope the link work 

Link works... I need to get a bag... And a watch ⌚

[JackDorsey]

Hi everyone,

 

I missed todays class and am unsure who to contact. I’ve gotten confused and placed my alarm thinking I need to be at the school at three pm. While gathering paperwork I see it’s Montague at 8am.. 😳 I really need a contact number. I tried Olah and the number to someone from yesterdays zoom. I won’t be able to make it until 12 or after 

[sc32]

55 minutes ago, JackDorsey said:

Hi everyone,

 

I missed todays class and am unsure who to contact. I’ve gotten confused and placed my alarm thinking I need to be at the school at three pm. While gathering paperwork I see it’s Montague at 8am.. 😳 I really need a contact number. I tried Olah and the number to someone from yesterdays zoom. I won’t be able to make it until 12 or after 

I’d personally just show up when you can 

[Schecter]

1 hour ago, JackDorsey said:

Hi everyone,

 

I missed todays class and am unsure who to contact. I’ve gotten confused and placed my alarm thinking I need to be at the school at three pm. While gathering paperwork I see it’s Montague at 8am.. 😳 I really need a contact number. I tried Olah and the number to someone from yesterdays zoom. I won’t be able to make it until 12 or after 

You can only be late 3 times hopefully this time they brush it off...

[CarlosS]

What time is class tomorrow... 1500? 3pm?

[Chr1]

Hey everyone. I did my drug test over a month ago and I haven't heard anything yet. Did anyone else have this happen ? Do they really mean 3-90 days ? 

Tia 

[Mohamed]

16 hours ago, Chr1 said:

Hey everyone. I did my drug test over a month ago and I haven't heard anything yet. Did anyone else have this happen ? Do they really mean 3-90 days ? 

Tia 

Does anyone know what's the last list number to be called? Or the last number that received the opa invitation

[Bolo]

Same here, I haven’t heard anything since

[Bolo]

16 hours ago, Chr1 said:

Hey everyone. I did my drug test over a month ago and I haven't heard anything yet. Did anyone else have this happen ? Do they really mean 3-90 days ? 

Tia 

Same here, haven’t heard from them since

[Gullys]

On 2/24/2022 at 9:02 PM, Chr1 said:

Hey everyone. I did my drug test over a month ago and I haven't heard anything yet. Did anyone else have this happen ? Do they really mean 3-90 days ? 

Tia 

2-5-22 was invited to redo my pre-employment and drug test, got there since it was a Saturday the HR department wasn’t there to accept my pre-employment since it had expired 90 days 

your drug test last 30 days there always people in the lab 24/7 

i went there Monday and with no appointment and demand someone take my pre-employment again or I’m not leaving 

long story short I’m in the Feb class now 

if your want the job you gotta get up and get shyt done, remember they already hired don’t care if you get the job or not 

[Nicholasp]

3 hours ago, Gullys said:

2-5-22 was invited to redo my pre-employment and drug test, got there since it was a Saturday the HR department wasn’t there to accept my pre-employment since it had expired 90 days 

your drug test last 30 days there always people in the lab 24/7 

i went there Monday and with no appointment and demand someone take my pre-employment again or I’m not leaving 

long story short I’m in the Feb class now 

if your want the job you gotta get up and get shyt done, remember they already hired don’t care if you get the job or not 

Do you know if there's another class after yours ?

[Gullys]

35 minutes ago, Nicholasp said:

Do you know if there's another class after yours ?

I will ask my TSS this week and get back with you on that 

[Nicholasp]

19 minutes ago, Gullys said:

I will ask my TSS this week and get back with you on that 

Thanks let me know 🤝

[Chr1]

On 2/27/2022 at 9:13 AM, Gullys said:

2-5-22 was invited to redo my pre-employment and drug test, got there since it was a Saturday the HR department wasn’t there to accept my pre-employment since it had expired 90 days 

your drug test last 30 days there always people in the lab 24/7 

i went there Monday and with no appointment and demand someone take my pre-employment again or I’m not leaving 

long story short I’m in the Feb class now 

if your want the job you gotta get up and get shyt done, remember they already hired don’t care if you get the job or not 

What was your list number ? 

[Gullys]

6 hours ago, Chr1 said:

What was your list number ? 

428x

[Chr1]

Thank you. My list number is in the 5k range so I think that's why there is a delay. 

 

[Roro]

On 2/17/2022 at 8:27 AM, JackDorsey said:

I’m glad to be reading this and seeing that so many other people are indecisive about the jump. I am set to start training on Monday. I have had some time to sit and weigh out the pros and cons of this switch. I am taking a leap of faith, hopeful that this was the right move in the grand scheme of things. I work a corporate job in banking. I’ve been there for 5 years. My salary is more there than it is starting out as conductor. I have holidays and weekends off. 9-5 schedule. I’m in the office only two days out the week. I get little more than 4 weeks of paid time off throughout the year. 

I am making the jump because of what the overtime pay can potentially be. My job offered a 15k counter but I still feel as though I can start completing some goals I have set more immediately with MTA.

That being said.. The sacrifice of personal time for money or the forfeit of solace for stress is a difficult battle in the interim when you have to decide what’s most important to you. Commute will be hell for me and more expensive since I’ll need to travel more days out the week. 

Benefits of health insurance, pension and job security are all a bonus but not my driving force.

I wish everyone a clear head in their choice making. I hope it works out for all of us. 

 

Hey everyone,

I am also doing a lot of going back and forth. My current job is 9-5 Mon-Fri with great health and vacation. The pay is conductor starting pay. I have kids and spend all my spare time being with them. I understand and have read all your posts about how your family time is affected, schedule is absolute chaos for years until you get to pick, (which I knew and expected), and commute is crazy. And after being fairly certain about leaving my job and willing to sacrifice things to come to MTA bc it would be better long term for our family, my fiancé and I have decided to just leave NYC.

The truth is just to basically survive nowadays in NYC leaves many working class people no choice but to relocate. Even before the pandemic-depression staying here made less and less sense with a family. The MTA has historically been a great place for working people to live a decent middle class life in the city, and still is in many ways, but the long term prospect of say, owning a 3-4 bedroom place instead of perpetually renting, is not feasible in the city anymore. My family and I don't want to be lifetime renters, would like more space for our kids, and not have to spend the majority of what life we have left working 60hrs a week just to get by. I understand that I am fortunate to have a degree and other job experiences that might make me more employable in other places, but NYC is just not it anymore. The rich and wealthy, the misers and the money grubbers, have whittled away the ability of poor and working folks to survive in this city. Thankfully, because of organized labor and the power of unions, the MTA is one of the few places people can still make it happen despite having to basically sacrifice seeing your own family to do it. So with that said, I still think the MTA is great but the city not so much. Be open to moving and considering every option for you and your family. And remember, time is not something we get back at the end of this life. I'd personally rather be a little poorer but spend time with my kids on the weekend watching stupid movies and going on bike rides. 

And for fellow comrades in the union movement, we need to bring back the radical labor movement in this city. It was the socialists and other radical labor organizers that won us the 40hr work week, the weekend, living wages, health coverage, and many other benefits. It's now the capitalists that have been taking them away and reactionary union leaders have been assisting them.  Both parties in this country represent the ruling capitalist class and union leaders that side with either party are siding with them, the ones who have shipped our jobs thousands of miles away so they could increase their bottom lines. The ones who start the wars and then send us to fight them. 

Be kind to one another and good luck with your careers at the MTA! 

Solidarity!

"As a rule, large capitalists are Republicans and small capitalists are Democrats, but workingmen must remember that they are all capitalists, and that the many small ones, like the fewer large ones, are all politically supporting their class interests, and this is always and everywhere the capitalist class." Eugene V. Debs 

 

 

 

[Nicholasp]

On 2/28/2022 at 11:35 PM, Gullys said:

428x

Did you get to ask about if there's another class after yours ?

[Mohamed]

On 3/3/2022 at 6:34 AM, Nicholasp said:

Did you get to ask about if there's another class after yours ?

Does anyone know what's the last opa number that was sent out 

And what's the last list number to be called 

Thanks