I guess you want me to kiss you or something, which is kind of a wild thing to ask a stranger on the internet, maybe? I don't know, I'm just sitting here minding my own business, so I'll pass. kaže:
They were already overstaffed based on the old system anyway. Or maybe it’s just that whole hiring mess mentioned by the whistleblower—where you end up with two or three people crammed into a single position. I guess that's just how it goes.
So, I guess they’re just gonna start throwing lawsuits around now.
Honestly, you’re just talking just to hear yourself speak, I guess.
January 7, 2022, ProPublica:
If they don't figure out how to reorganize the job roles first, I guess those layoffs at the conglomerate are probably going to be a total nightmare to pull off.
The unions are basically saying there won't be any layoffs without a full restructuring of the system first.
The unions are basically saying there’s zero legitimate basis for even talking about layoffs within the conglomerate or its subsidiaries right now. I mean, you can't just start cutting people without a formal job classification system in place—that’s the document that actually defines whether anyone is redundant across the whole conglomerate or its individual branches. But, well, that hasn't even been done yet. So, naturally, the unions are demanding they actually sit down and finish the systematization and a real reorganization plan, along with some actual development goals and enough data to justify any decisions about letting people go.
The unions are pretty much on the same page about all the excess within the conglomerate, and honestly, they aren't exactly running away from the conversation either, I guess.
The unions are basically saying that if you’re looking for those higher pay bumps, you should probably stop wasting your time with roles covered by the collective agreement and instead aim for the positions that pay above a 4.2 coefficient. I guess they think that's where the real money is hiding, maybe.
And about this, you once wrote something like "it's not like we can't spare a janitor" while defending those layoffs:
So, looking at the roster, you've got like 30 cleaners, maybe 30 warehouse guys, some 19 janitors or handymen, about 20 security guards, five porters, and seven drivers or delivery folks. There’s also some phone operators, makeup artists, an archivist, a cook, and a cashier on there too, I guess.
The Democratic Party had a sit-down with our union folks and the guys from the AFL-CIO, I guess.
We sat down with the heads of the city conglomerate to hash out all the shady business surrounding how they’ve been handling layoffs, and honestly, we spent most of the time questioning if the whole process was even legal to begin with. I guess we eventually reached some kind of mutual understanding that... The whole thing is pretty much illegal, I guess, since they totally botched the order of operations—they should've run a full staff audit first just to see if there’s even an actual surplus of workers to begin with, and honestly, this entire mess is probably just going to end up drowning the courts in lawsuits later on..
So, here's the deal:
The MTA is basically running on empty right now—no spare parts, no toilet paper, not even soap for the crews. It’s a total mess. I heard one guy saying every single office just has its own little stash of rolls tucked away in a drawer because the central supply is non-existent. I guess that's just how things work there now.
John Doe, the guy heading up the union at the MTA, basically says you can’t even begin to list all the ways things are falling apart without being right. I mean, he’s saying if you claim something is missing, you’re probably telling the truth. Apparently, they haven't seen basic stuff like soap or toilet paper for months—maybe longer, actually. But honestly, that’s almost the least of it. He was saying there aren't even spare parts for the buses or trains, no replacement glass, no signage, and they don't even have cleaners to wash the vehicles... I guess our transit has never been this filthy, and on top of that, they're short on electricians and drivers too. It feels like everything is just gone, from the actual people to the parts and even the basic hygiene supplies. Everything is just... missing.
Doe pointed out that the vehicles have never looked this filthy, and he just muttered, "no surprise there," I guess.I guess we used to have entire crews of like six or eight cleaners just rushing in to scrub down the vehicles, but now at the MTA depot, it’s just one lone cleaner trying to handle the whole damn thing by herself.“Our cleaning crew is basically just women over 60 at this point, constantly hitting retirement or taking sick leave, and the outside contractors just can't keep up with the workload like they used to,” he tells us, adding, “I mean, expecting a 62-year-old woman to handle a whole subway car by herself? It’s just not happening.”
He notices things are going downhill enough to mention that there’s apparently only one cleaner left handling the entire MTA New York depot in Brooklyn, and honestly, he isn't the only one telling us that.
