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Beez_And_Trees t1_j5o5fvs wrote

Reply to comment by Apprehensive-Mode-45 in WRTA Cutting Bus Routes, Reducing Trips Due To 'Driver Shortages' by besselfunctions

I agree, it’s interesting to me that WRTA said “oh, we technically COULD have subs, but all of our drivers max out on overtime before the end of the week”. Nothing about the excuse had to do with money. So then, couldn’t they just…hire a few more workers?

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Apprehensive-Mode-45 t1_j5o9hk2 wrote

Right. And listen, they also complained that they are having a tough time finding drivers (although they are not advertising at all.) they say they pay the best of the RTAs, but I found the salary at $41k, which…oof that’s not great.

So they need more money. They are sitting on millions of CARES act money which could be used in some way but they won’t use it and also won’t be clear as to why??

Seems to me if I owned a company that provided a public service, and the service was failing, I’d be screaming from the rooftops for help and find any viable solution rather than pointing my finger at my workers.

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