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Posted by: firefighter39

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Job Code: 8048 Post Date: 11/17/2006 Job Title: Full-Time Toll Officer City: Chelsea Description: The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is currently accepting bids/applications for the position of Full-Time Toll Officer (Bargaining Unit, Local Union No. 25) at the Tobin Bridge. The Full-Time Toll Officer collects revenue due the Massachusetts Port Authority from patrons of the Tobin Bridge.
BID CLOSES MONDAY, DEC. 4TH, 2006 AT 5 P.M.
Salary: $1,084.00 - $1,200.00 / WEEKLY
Requirements: High School diploma required. Ability to read and demonstrate basic oral, written, mathematical and manual skills, including the ability to operate machinery. Experience handling money in a high volume environment preferred. Unit: 1030 Apply On-line: Click Here to Apply On-line Send to a Friend: Click Here to Send This Position to a Friend

Posted by: Macop

Well better STARTING SALARY.

Posted by: frank

Christ, that's $27 an hour...yeah, to START. However, it seems you pretty much have zero responsibility other than handling money, which really isn't hard if you aren't a crook and you can count properly.

Posted by: firefighter39

FYI: you could go to college for four years and become a registered nurse and start at $29.31 (that is what the RN's at the Brigham just settled their contract for) - or become a super hack at MassPort with no education!!

Posted by: Crvtte65

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Originally Posted by firefighter39

or become a super hack at MassPort with no education!!

And how does someone apply for this position ??

Posted by: new guy

No wonder why it costs 3 bucks to take the Tobin Bridge.

Posted by: firefighter39

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Originally Posted by Crvtte65

And how does someone apply for this position ??

http://www.recruiternet.net/massport...ultsPerPage=25

www.massport.com

This is the web page(s) where they announce their jobs - I think everyone here should apply and flood them with applications.

Posted by: Macop

Why I make more than that, granted its not base, but with details and OT its not that hard. Besides if you stick with a P.D you can be higher than that through step raises, cola and all that shit, of course we all know pds pay very differently. Who the hell wants to stand in a griggin toll booth, id rather make 500 a week and work for a pd, much more fun and like i said you can make more dough with details and OT, court time, and the list goes on and on. At least thats my take on it, hell I thought this post was for POLICE jobs anyway.

firefighter39 vbmenu_register("postmenu_137207", true); Wrote:
I think everyone here should apply and flood them with applications.

Heres a news flash, they will get flooded anyway!

Posted by: KozmoKramer

I'll wager a thousand bucks that which ever of these positions that may technically be open, are indeed already filled. This job is patronage at it's finest.

Posted by: Andy0921

I know of some depts in CT that make about that or more starting off.

Posted by: 4ransom

Kozmo is 100% right.

Read Howie Carr's book about the Bulger Brothers and you will see proof that jobs like this area already spoken for. It will be some politicians son or nephew or something.

Posted by: Foxy85

As a loyal employee to the Trial Court (another state agency that fosters nepitism [not sure about the spelling]), I can confirm what Kozmo is saying, don't bother wasting your time, unless you know several senators that owe you a favor. This jobs is the definition of political hack. They will filter the applications according to references, not expereience.

Good luck to anyone who chooses to go for it.

Posted by: Inspector

But don't you get to wear a badge on the bridge job? I seem to remember some collectors had them. Maybe those were guys with special responsibilities....like making change for $10's

Posted by: Macop

Kozmo i suspoect you are right. Even if they werent you would probably have to be a hack to get in.

Posted by: mr.anttrax

Wasn't there some news piece on this a while ago and all the collectors got ticked off?

Posted by: Enforcer174

Those Toll Officers were just on the radio not to long ago, about that their job had the highest on the job injuries in Massachusetts!!?
Anyone else here that on the radio about 3 weeks ago?

Posted by: EOD1

yeah i'd say that would be right up my wifes alley, and she is looking but equal oppurtunity wil fuck her outta that job (not so equal op is more like it)

and yeah i heard mistress kerry (i believe) talking about the on the job injuries. and it was pathetic!! i will never be polite to those lucky asshats ever again! $27/hr to collect tolls is a god damn disgrace! they should be grining ear to ear (instead of being rude POS) forgetting a skate ass job!

I guess my wife will have to take a lower paying job cause she is white and equalop will screw her...... and once again another preemptive: kiss my bean bag !to all the assclowns who say i am being racist!

Posted by: HELPMe

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Originally Posted by EOD1

yeah i'd say that would be right up my wifes alley, and she is looking but equal oppurtunity wil fuck her outta that job (not so equal op is more like it)

and yeah i heard mistress kerry (i believe) talking about the on the job injuries. and it was pathetic!! i will never be polite to those lucky asshats ever again! $27/hr to collect tolls is a god damn disgrace! they should be grining ear to ear (instead of being rude POS) forgetting a skate ass job!

I guess my wife will have to take a lower paying job cause she is white and equalop will screw her...... and once again another preemptive: kiss my bean bag !to all the assclowns who say i am being racist!

your racist..haha jk..i do agree that it should be quals over race any day of the week. Sure there are smart white people and smart black people but when you hire someone just because they are black then your asking for an organization that has the potential to have serious problems due to an unqualified work force. Granted how hard is it to take money in one hand and put it in a register with the other?

Also i will add my .02 sure starting pay is better..hell alot better but it is also for a 40hr work week. Sure you can make more money with details if your a PO but now your looking at 48+ hrs a week with details. Thats time away from the family or things you would rather be doing other then arm flapping. So it has its perks. I wouldnt mind a job that pays 1,200 a week. Would save me from borrowin out the ass to pay for school.

Posted by: Andy0921

That is bullshit!

Posted by: KozmoKramer

The funny thing is; nobody with any significant quality or skills (educational, social, technical or whatever) should even want that job.
There you are; standing in a closet, dealing with the occasional rude smart-ass, inhaling exhaust and making change.
It should be a $10.00 an hour job to start, maxing out at $14.00 tops.
The only reason it's so highly sought after is because it's pay scale is so ridiculously inflated.
The hacks would have to look elsewhere for their patronage "cushies" if the toll collector position was more suitably compensated.

Posted by: Barbrady

That reminded me of Adam Sandler's, "Toll Booth Willy". Welcome to Wuhstah, State chahges a dollah twenty five pahl.

Posted by: Deputydog522

Next time you go to the toll booth on the tobin bridge look at the toll booth workers badge. They wear the Massachusetts clamshell badge that says Police and massport on it. i asked about a month ago when going through and I was told that they give powers to the toll booth money colectors in case of a situation. They do not carry any weapons or batons or oc but they do have police badges and they do have police powers. I also backed it up with a friend of mine who is a massport police officer and it is true!!!!

Posted by: Macop

EOD wrote:
I guess my wife will have to take a lower paying job cause she is white and equalop will screw her...... and once again another preemptive: kiss my bean bag !to all the assclowns who say i am being racist!

Hey EOD I have traveled every toll in the state on a regular basis at different hours when I used to drive for a living and I don't remember seeing many minorities, in fact it seems like more white females that are toll takers than anyone else, so what are talking about.

Ya, I can see one of those "toll Officers"!trying to tell someone to get out of the car because they are under arrest for improper toll edicut, excuse me sir/mam step out of the car, then get 100 feet while the operator is laughing thier ass off at em.

Posted by: REILEYDOG

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Originally Posted by Macop

Why I make more than that, granted its not base, but with details and OT its not that hard. Besides if you stick with a P.D you can be higher than that through step raises, cola and all that shit, of course we all know pds pay very differently. Who the hell wants to stand in a griggin toll booth, id rather make 500 a week and work for a pd, much more fun and like i said you can make more dough with details and OT, court time, and the list goes on and on. At least thats my take on it, hell I thought this post was for POLICE jobs anyway.

firefighter39 vbmenu_register("postmenu_137207", true); Wrote:
I think everyone here should apply and flood them with applications.

Heres a news flash, they will get flooded anyway!

True, but just think of how much toll cash you could skim ontop of your salary as a Massport hack!

Posted by: frank

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Originally Posted by Deputydog522

Next time you go to the toll booth on the tobin bridge look at the toll booth workers badge. They wear the Massachusetts clamshell badge that says Police and massport on it. i asked about a month ago when going through and I was told that they give powers to the toll booth money colectors in case of a situation. They do not carry any weapons or batons or oc but they do have police badges and they do have police powers. I also backed it up with a friend of mine who is a massport police officer and it is true!!!!

Do they let them do details too?

Posted by: Deputydog522

No I heard they do not do details. I heard that the position they are filling in the toll booth, the person went to work for the Massport Police. So its a good job to get you in with massport. And if the Police position never panned out then the money isnt that bad to collect money. Also they do not have a max step in pay!!!! Collecting money and making 60 grand a year. NOT BAD!!!! Its a union position too>>>

Posted by: Macop

In my days as a Police Officer working for a college I went to the S.S.P.O Police Academy. I went through with 3 Massport Police Officers, they told me that the gate gaurds go to the f/t municipal Police academy just to come back and in the gate house with a trooper who hates them all day. For a while I did not believe him, but I now know its true, what a friggin waste.

Posted by: new guy

This job has "political hack appointee," written all over it. How else can anyone justify grossly over paying someone for a job that requires no marketable skills.

Posted by: New Hire

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Originally Posted by Foxy85

As a loyal employee to the Trial Court (another state agency that fosters nepotism), I can confirm what Kozmo is saying, don't bother wasting your time, unless you know several senators that owe you a favor. This jobs is the definition of political hack. They will filter the applications according to references, not expereience.

Good luck to anyone who chooses to go for it.

I'm going to echo Foxy85's sentiments....those toll booth jobs are pretty much spoken for...

I gotta be honest, I can't for the life of me understand how anyone would want to spend a whole day inside one of those boxes....even for that kind of $$$$....

Yeah, my job can be boring at times but least I can move around and if I'm in a jury trial, it tends to be interesting...

Toll collector?? I don't know....

Posted by: OutOfManyOne

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I'm going to echo Foxy85's sentiments....those toll booth jobs are pretty much spoken for...

Kinda like the jobs on your avatar.

Posted by: New Hire

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Originally Posted by OutOfManyOne

Kinda like the jobs on your avatar.

similar, yes...

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