Yeah - former executive and legislative employee here... I am shocked that this comment was made, every bit of my experience was the exact opposite. I would love to know what alphabet agency (s)he worked for and if they reported it to the state auditor's office.

My bet is that it is a no, and that the majority of this never happened because every news outlet would be all over that. And guess where there is a press office? Right by the state offices at Ashburton in the state house. Those press people know every haunt in the area. Maybe they worked for MassDOT or something elsewhere, but nobody is going in for an hour of work than "getting black out drunk." The press rightfully hit the MBTA director for working out of state. We had random civic groups drop in on a Friday to see whose offices were open. There is far more attention on who is in than the private sector by far, and it is really easy to see in the press.

As for my 50-grand a year, there wasn't a time that I think I could have made far better money out in the private sector - where I ended up. And in my experience, it is worse with the abuse and waste. So overpaid? Hardly. Talent is bled out constantly because of the shit pay for us cogs that pushed things forward.

Edit: The original poster is a contributor to the conspiracy-addled subreddit #walkaway, which amongst other things peddles election fraud and other things. So believe who you want.