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NoMoLerking t1_izepl0o wrote

I'm surprised they need IT workers since most of the system is from the middle ages.

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DumbshitOnTheRight t1_izetrx2 wrote

The fare collection system is undergoing major upgrades at all stations and levels.

Group have to ensure that PCI-DSS audits are passed annually.

Someone's maintaining the web sites and those payment systems.

The smartphone apps have sprints.

I've worked on contract for MBTA. Their usual contracting agency is a pain in the ass to work with, offer no PTO beyond the mandated sick time under Mass law, and bill a minimum 50% more than your pay.

When the economy does into a dip, contractors are the first to go.

They had a year to figure out if they wanted to convert my contract to employee and decided to fuck around, then they found out.

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goldeneye0 OP t1_izeqivf wrote

I had interviewed with them back in the summer of 2014, but decided to pull out of the process because I felt something was off about them and thus the MBTA has been in my blacklist since then and likely won't come off anytime soon.

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climberskier t1_izeu920 wrote

So then what are you complaining about? I really don't get this post. You know it's a public agency. You know they can't just increase the salaries. So guess what they have to start more intense recruiting efforts.

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goldeneye0 OP t1_izeuyqm wrote

Well, it was the calls by those recruiters that I was surprised about - and I naturally rejected them since I wasn't going to associate myself with working for the MBTA, not with the current reputation of the MBTA.

Nor would I work with those recruiters. Double whammy there.

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