MBTA Offers $7,500 Hiring Bonuses As Advocacy Group Puts Out Grim Predictions

By Christina Hager, CBS Boston

April 4, 2023

BOSTON - The MBTA announced Monday it is offering $7,500 hiring bonuses for certain positions.

The news came just as a local research group put out some dire predictions. The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation says that by 2024, the T will need about 1,800 new employees to meet its needs. Add to that another 1,000 expected to retire or leave for other jobs The group says the T would need to hire 2,800 workers to stay on track.

That's nearly three times as many as Governor Maura Healey vowed to hire in her first year.

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