Posted salary schedules are grossly misleading they are the starting point ONLY. “Add on Pays” typically increase that by 20% and in some cases double it. In San Diego you get this if you speak spanish, know CPR, complete MS Office training or certain firearms training, take certain types of duty and on and on.
So comparing the posted salary, which accrues overtime, with the private sector compensation that get no overtime, no add on pays, and has a defined contribution retirement rather than defined benefits is just nonsense.
There are some civil servants who work really hard, and many more who hardly work at all. Due to union and other work rules, it is almost impossible to fire the lazy ones.
Local Govt budgets get a huge portion of thier funding from Sacramento – which is what needs to be cut. The system is broken – I never thought about state and local BKs as a way to fix it, but the more I think about it the more I like it.
