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Les923 t1_j275hii wrote

Reply to comment by R_M_T in Private guards hired by MTA arrested for NYC subway beatdown by 1600hazenstreet

OMG! I thought a nice chunk of MTA’s budget was going towards lawsuit payouts (like NYPD payouts) so where is the bulk of the MTA budget going towards? Because a lot of employees died & retired recently & I doubt that they hired any employees. They hired P/T consultants to clean the trains that worked for agencies, not MTA! They need to open the books because I’m sure there’s a lot of mismanagement going on

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R_M_T t1_j278hvo wrote

I wish I could tell you. The transit companies in NYC are shit. I can go on for days about their deficiencies. I can say confidently that their poor hiring and poor contract half left them in a position where they pay exorbitant amounts of money in “fake” Overtime and to their pensions. Source: so people don’t think I’m randomly anti-labor

If they were run properly, you wouldn’t even be able to wrap your head around the levels of efficiency and safety available for mass transit.

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Jerund t1_j27hsdu wrote

It’s a foreman. It’s upper management. Not your average worker taking in that much over time consistently. Should lock up those who committed fraud

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Vilnius_Nastavnik t1_j29ji50 wrote

I can't even tell you how many MTA employees came through my old firm looking to sue their foremen for racial discrimination, hostile work environment, retaliation etc. They're truly committed as an organization to fucking over anyone who isn't management.

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Jerund t1_j29jno6 wrote

A tale old as time. That’s every company. Upper management has company interest in line. Not your average worker

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The_Swoley_Ghost t1_j28b6py wrote

>If they were run properly, you wouldn’t even be able to wrap your head around the levels of efficiency and safety available for mass transit.

This is how i felt coming back from Korea. Cheaper system that is cleaner and works better.... if they could figure out how to keep it running 24/7 they'd be the greatest in my mind.

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R_M_T t1_j28dkoq wrote

And safely! They don’t even have “track” incidents because their subways are separated from the platform by doors (similar to the air bus at the airport)

Our public transportation leaves so much to be desired.

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Jerund t1_j297waa wrote

Pet peeve was there were barely any garbage cans throughout the whole metro system. Even in the restrooms, there were barely any. Also lacked elevators in many stations. Was annoying traveling with suitcases. Besides that, their metro was pretty good

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Crimsonwolf1445 t1_j28pqqp wrote

Honestly it sounds like the opposite of nypds issue. Nypd settles everything to avoid paying more in legal fees while mta fights everything to avoid paying settlements

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