Double fulltime
By adamg - Wed, 07/30/2008 - 7:31am.
The Herald reports on a guy who was getting paid fulltime to work as an MBTA inspector even as he was also getting paid fulltime as a meter reader for the city of Revere - at least until his T bosses found out and suspended him. You gotta love the mayor of Revere:
Revere Mayor Thomas Ambrosino yesterday said other city employees have other jobs and Dandrow's MBTA job is "none of my business."
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He worked from 7am to 3pm
He worked from 7am to 3pm for one of them, its entirely possible that he works 7 days a week and none of the schedules overlap. It may be premature to assume that he is working full time at the same time for both.
I work three jobs. One full time, one part time, and one contract based. If you spread it out over 7 days a week its not that incredible to think he was doing both if he doesnt have much else happening outside of work. My father worked two full time jobs when I was a kid , one manual labor and the other retail without having them overlap.
It's not Mayor Ambrosino's
It's not Mayor Ambrosino's business, and it's not the MBTA's business.
If his other job was working at Starbuck's, would the MBTA have cared then?
just another reason to blow up the MBTA and start over.
does the MBTA have a no-moonlighting rule?
There's only a few reasons why I'd see the MBTA caring here (and believe me, trying to comprehend the concept of the MBTA caring about anything is difficult enough.) The first is overlapping schedules and the second is the violation of any no-moonlighting rules. Typically, though, the 'moonlighting' here is a part-time job; I haven't heard mention before of someone moonlighting full-time.
But if neither of these are part of the reason, well then, let the guy work as much as he can.
Benefit Issues
There may be double dipping laws for healthcare, pension, etc. with regard to public employees. Or rules against failing to declare your eligibility for other insurance, etc.
Otherwise, is it any different than a cop working details?
It could be that the T noted schedule conflicts (he wouldn't switch shifts when asked) or it caused certain collective bargaining contract issues.
The unanswered question
Is whether the hours for the two jobs coincided. If yes, then he's in trouble. If no, then maybe the T is just trying to deflect attention from the SUV-driving upper-management story.