tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14639084447791774.post3275044015911801035..comments2023-03-25T08:04:56.910-04:00Comments on Train Stopping: Muggy Morning CommuteTrain Riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13770262736281370513noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14639084447791774.post-41217677513336002562008-08-19T15:12:00.000-04:002008-08-19T15:12:00.000-04:00You know, I was actually going to play Devil's Adv...You know, I was actually going to play Devil's Advocate a bit the other day with this whole raise thing. I did wonder how long it had been since these managers had received a raise. Having now found out, I still have mixed feelings but definitely lean towards dishing out raises is ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>I do believe that not having a raise since 2005 is a long stretch. I also feel that a 9% raise at that point is mediocre because the cost of living on average has gone up 4.7% in the last year alone. <BR/><BR/>However, these are standards I hold for standard businesses. The MBTA is far from standard or profit based. You can't compare the 2 because had my company been run like that not only would there be NO raises, there would also be no company. It would have gone belly-up long ago. I also have very little sympathy for people over 100K per year not getting a raise for 3 years (although I'm pretty sure if I made over 100K I would feel differently). I'm also assuming these are the high-end people who directly affect day-to-day operations and have gotten the T into this situation. That warrants a raise? <BR/><BR/>In the end, I still don't feel for a company with so many problems the thing to do is reward past behavior. That's essentially what this is. Most people get raises based on performance, and this team has done nothing to steer this ship in the right direction! If there were a light at the end of this tunnel, or the T had just unveiled some radical new plan that would bail them out without resulting a ridiculous fare increase (some increase is to be expected), then perhaps this move wouldn't be so scrutinized and even then not acceptable but maybe tolerable.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10924944462734862836noreply@blogger.com