or you could work that 80 hours a week for decades and spend it all on houses, cars, pistols and legos
Do that job for a couple years, buy a nice acreage property and live like a king.
This. Every post I've seen of this on every forum leaves this part out. Oh, the faux rage!The article doesn't reveal how much of the $530k was money owed to him from work done in previous years. It's kind of important to the story. "City worker finally gets $XXXk in wrongly withheld wages after 10 year battle" doesn't make nearly as interesting a headline.
The article doesn't reveal how much of the $530k was money owed to him from work done in previous years. It's kind of important to the story. "City worker finally gets $XXXk in wrongly withheld wages after 10 year battle" doesn't make nearly as interesting a headline.
From the article: pay bolstered by 10 years worth of back pay, staff shortages causing overtime. This isn't far fetched at all. I'd like to see what his pay was for a few years prior, and what the back pay was.
Considering almost anyone wouldn't even take a job in wastewater management, really doesn't seem out there.
The guy keeps the sewers working, the pres can't even keep toilet paper off his shoe.I know this is a novel concept for you, but if you'd bother reading before commenting, even excluding the back pay which amounted to $67K, a sewer worker made more than the President of the United States.
If that doesn't strike you as ridiculous, then you've completely lost touch with reality.
I know this is a novel concept for you, but if you'd bother reading before commenting, even excluding the back pay which amounted to $67K, a sewer worker made more than the President of the United States.
If that doesn't strike you as ridiculous, then you've completely lost touch with reality.
Shrug, if he actually worked those hours and isn't trying to game the pension system then I don't have a problem with it.
Considering this:
"positions require a state operator license and proficiency with high-voltage equipment — “an extraordinarily high skill set.”"
I find it appalling:
"Of the 207 stationary engineers, 99 clocked more than 400 hours of OT and 37 made $100,000 or more."
That 170 made less than $100,000.00 in NYC!
I know this is a novel concept for you, but if you'd bother reading before commenting, even excluding the back pay which amounted to $67K, a sewer worker made more than the President of the United States.
If that doesn't strike you as ridiculous, then you've completely lost touch with reality.
Sometimes the math works out to pay the overtime long term. Only one healthcare premium instead of two, often overtime doesn't count toward pension so only one pension payment, etc.Why is there so much overtime available?
It seems to me they either need to hire more workers or consider alternative work schedules to make sure they have employees working when they are needed.
If the problem is that there are too few qualified applicants for available positions, then what are they doing to address that issue? Have they spoken with schools to set up internship programs or to participate in career fairs that designed to encourage people to obtain the necessary training?
Wow that's nuts. Do that job for a couple years, buy a nice acreage property and live like a king.
I wonder what kind of long term health risks are associated with that kind of work though.
Sometimes the math works out to pay the overtime long term. Only one healthcare premium instead of two, often overtime doesn't count toward pension so only one pension payment, etc.
In San Francisco 2 years at that pay would barely get half a house in San Mateo.
I've visited San Francisco few times and even just visiting there is a part of my brain screaming, "you can't afford to be here!"That's insane, how do people even live in those places? Not everybody is lucky enough to land a 6 figure gig.
Maybe we could place a ceiling on compensation across the board, both public sector and private sector, to below what a President is paid.