Some T tracks maintained by a guy working more than 80 hours a week

Honestly, the T would probably rather pay this guy overtime than hire a second person to do his job. Cheaper to train one person, cheaper to only have one pension, etc. The benefits and incidental costs of hiring a second person may well exceed the cost of paying overtime. Though I can't imagine this still holds true when you're getting into the range of working 90 hour weeks.

"Twenty-four percent of the T’s workforce—about 1,550 employees—made $100,000 or more this year"

Remember that next time they hike up the fares

really, REALLY seem to have an issue with people that are making a wage that allows them a comfortable lifestyle. even if that person is working who knows how many hours a week to do it.

Some T tracks are maintained?!?!?!?!

(Braintree line rider here, obvs)

Some people like to work. Maybe he is supporting two families, from two marriages. Power to the worker !

So what I'm gathering from this thread isn't that T workers are overpaid, but that there's way too many people in the private sector that are underpaid.

We'd all be better off if ya'll stop the ire of bitching about people making a good middle class wage in one of the most expensive markets in the country, and bitch to your boss about that 2.2% raise that didn't break you over the value of inflation.

Same with Burger flippers. $15/hr in a city where rents are $1500 / room isn't lavish. Don't get pissed at them from asking for more, get pissed that you and your coworkers are not doing the fucking same. A burger flipper making $7 is driving down your wages, mind you. It gives your boss and excuse to keep your wages lower as well, because watch out you might be flipping them next.

The MBTA serviced 400.8 million rides last year. Who here would like to see 400.8 million more trips on the city streets and on 128/90/93?

-sometimes there is a minimum pay for an OT assignment, unless you extend your shift, for instance, if you get called into work by your boss but the job gets done in 1.5 hours, you get paid an agreed minimum, usually 4 hours. If at the end of your shift, you are forced to work an extra 1.5 hours, you would get paid 1.5 hours.

-taking vacation days and then working OT shifts in them. This can be frowned upon, and is usually not allowed in most Union contracts, but it is a practice that has been in use before. For employees who are allowed to buy these vacation days back at the end of your career, it so what offsets the overall cost of labor, but if you are creating OT yourself by taking the day off, it is the ultimate scam, even if you aren't the one doing the overtime.

-overnight shifts. I'd say 90% of union workers won't even sign up for overnight OT, but there are some who will take it every time they are called. This could be one of those guys.

-he could be a night worker himself, and if most of the OT is days or afternoons, he will have more of an opportunity to work that overtime.

- he could work in a group that simply has a lot of workers out injured/on maternity leave, sick, or just out. This would give him more opportunities to fill in OT slots on those jobs.

-he might just be the best at what he does, so the bosses call him and give him whatever he wants to solve the big problems.

Anyway, just a few of the reasons some people make more OT than others, although this is a lot of OT!

the only thing that I feel confident in saying (until more data comes out) is that those of us who are salaried "exempt employees" (i.e., not overtime eligible), whether in the private OR public sector, are the real suckers here.