Carl DeMaio – Six Figure Salaries Soar in City Workforce – Up 44% in One Year

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[quote=jonnycsd]
Firefighters have the best deal of all. Work typically consists of hanging out at the firehouse, maybe take the truck out and go for a run along the bay. Watch TV, cook some food. Three days a week. Once in a while there is actually a fire. Wow.
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Yeah just look at these slackers…

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[beachlover]

Can’t speak to the highly paid folks and would not begrudge the firefighters or police for the money they earn.

But the average city worker? I had a work associate who wanted to place a bet about road repair crews. Any time more people were working than standing around watching, he would pay me a buck; more watching than working I would pay him a buck. Let’s just say I was glad the bet was only a buck or I might have needed bail out money. Take the bet next time you are out and about.

[beachlover]

Can’t speak to the highly paid folks and would not begrudge the firefighters or police for the money they earn.

But the average city worker? I had a work associate who wanted to place a bet about road repair crews. Any time more people were working than standing around watching, he would pay me a buck; more watching than working I would pay him a buck. Let’s just say I was glad the bet was only a buck or I might have needed bail out money. Take the bet next time you are out and about.

[beachlover]

Can’t speak to the highly paid folks and would not begrudge the firefighters or police for the money they earn.

But the average city worker? I had a work associate who wanted to place a bet about road repair crews. Any time more people were working than standing around watching, he would pay me a buck; more watching than working I would pay him a buck. Let’s just say I was glad the bet was only a buck or I might have needed bail out money. Take the bet next time you are out and about.

[beachlover]

Can’t speak to the highly paid folks and would not begrudge the firefighters or police for the money they earn.

But the average city worker? I had a work associate who wanted to place a bet about road repair crews. Any time more people were working than standing around watching, he would pay me a buck; more watching than working I would pay him a buck. Let’s just say I was glad the bet was only a buck or I might have needed bail out money. Take the bet next time you are out and about.

[beachlover]

Can’t speak to the highly paid folks and would not begrudge the firefighters or police for the money they earn.

But the average city worker? I had a work associate who wanted to place a bet about road repair crews. Any time more people were working than standing around watching, he would pay me a buck; more watching than working I would pay him a buck. Let’s just say I was glad the bet was only a buck or I might have needed bail out money. Take the bet next time you are out and about.

[condogrrl]

Before you guys jump to so many conclusions, I recommend you look at the positions held on Demaio’s 100K list. About 98% of them are fire and police. Want to cut these salaries? Go ahead. But don’t condemn all non-fire and non-police city employees. Many of the workers standing hip deep in sewage in a hole in the middle of your street are making about $15/hour. Focus on the police and fire unions for scaring everyone into giving their employees high wages and tons of overtime. And those gold plated pensions? I’m a retired city employee (not police or fire) and I’m getting about 55% of my former salary as my pension. I am quite familiar with the situation in the city, and all the lies spread by the media in San Diego.

[condogrrl]

Before you guys jump to so many conclusions, I recommend you look at the positions held on Demaio’s 100K list. About 98% of them are fire and police. Want to cut these salaries? Go ahead. But don’t condemn all non-fire and non-police city employees. Many of the workers standing hip deep in sewage in a hole in the middle of your street are making about $15/hour. Focus on the police and fire unions for scaring everyone into giving their employees high wages and tons of overtime. And those gold plated pensions? I’m a retired city employee (not police or fire) and I’m getting about 55% of my former salary as my pension. I am quite familiar with the situation in the city, and all the lies spread by the media in San Diego.

[condogrrl]

Before you guys jump to so many conclusions, I recommend you look at the positions held on Demaio’s 100K list. About 98% of them are fire and police. Want to cut these salaries? Go ahead. But don’t condemn all non-fire and non-police city employees. Many of the workers standing hip deep in sewage in a hole in the middle of your street are making about $15/hour. Focus on the police and fire unions for scaring everyone into giving their employees high wages and tons of overtime. And those gold plated pensions? I’m a retired city employee (not police or fire) and I’m getting about 55% of my former salary as my pension. I am quite familiar with the situation in the city, and all the lies spread by the media in San Diego.

[condogrrl]

Before you guys jump to so many conclusions, I recommend you look at the positions held on Demaio’s 100K list. About 98% of them are fire and police. Want to cut these salaries? Go ahead. But don’t condemn all non-fire and non-police city employees. Many of the workers standing hip deep in sewage in a hole in the middle of your street are making about $15/hour. Focus on the police and fire unions for scaring everyone into giving their employees high wages and tons of overtime. And those gold plated pensions? I’m a retired city employee (not police or fire) and I’m getting about 55% of my former salary as my pension. I am quite familiar with the situation in the city, and all the lies spread by the media in San Diego.

[condogrrl]

Before you guys jump to so many conclusions, I recommend you look at the positions held on Demaio’s 100K list. About 98% of them are fire and police. Want to cut these salaries? Go ahead. But don’t condemn all non-fire and non-police city employees. Many of the workers standing hip deep in sewage in a hole in the middle of your street are making about $15/hour. Focus on the police and fire unions for scaring everyone into giving their employees high wages and tons of overtime. And those gold plated pensions? I’m a retired city employee (not police or fire) and I’m getting about 55% of my former salary as my pension. I am quite familiar with the situation in the city, and all the lies spread by the media in San Diego.

[EconProf]

Anecdotal evidence is not very useful in determining whether our city workers are overpaid or underpaid. In any such large group there will be some overpaid slobs as well as some workhorses who give the city and its citizens far more in productivity than their annual pay. Among those whose output far exceeds their pay will be some $110k plus workers.
A better indicator might be turnover. How many city workers quit in order to work in the private sector? Darned few actually. This suggests they know they have a good thing.
BTW, compared to the private sector, what is costly to the employers (i.e., taxpayers), is benefits, not wages. The city workers know this and accordingly seldom quit because they like the safety and retirement benefits of government jobs. Who can blame them? The real blame lies with the spineless city councils that cave in to the unions’ demands.

[EconProf]

Anecdotal evidence is not very useful in determining whether our city workers are overpaid or underpaid. In any such large group there will be some overpaid slobs as well as some workhorses who give the city and its citizens far more in productivity than their annual pay. Among those whose output far exceeds their pay will be some $110k plus workers.
A better indicator might be turnover. How many city workers quit in order to work in the private sector? Darned few actually. This suggests they know they have a good thing.
BTW, compared to the private sector, what is costly to the employers (i.e., taxpayers), is benefits, not wages. The city workers know this and accordingly seldom quit because they like the safety and retirement benefits of government jobs. Who can blame them? The real blame lies with the spineless city councils that cave in to the unions’ demands.

[EconProf]

Anecdotal evidence is not very useful in determining whether our city workers are overpaid or underpaid. In any such large group there will be some overpaid slobs as well as some workhorses who give the city and its citizens far more in productivity than their annual pay. Among those whose output far exceeds their pay will be some $110k plus workers.
A better indicator might be turnover. How many city workers quit in order to work in the private sector? Darned few actually. This suggests they know they have a good thing.
BTW, compared to the private sector, what is costly to the employers (i.e., taxpayers), is benefits, not wages. The city workers know this and accordingly seldom quit because they like the safety and retirement benefits of government jobs. Who can blame them? The real blame lies with the spineless city councils that cave in to the unions’ demands.

[EconProf]

Anecdotal evidence is not very useful in determining whether our city workers are overpaid or underpaid. In any such large group there will be some overpaid slobs as well as some workhorses who give the city and its citizens far more in productivity than their annual pay. Among those whose output far exceeds their pay will be some $110k plus workers.
A better indicator might be turnover. How many city workers quit in order to work in the private sector? Darned few actually. This suggests they know they have a good thing.
BTW, compared to the private sector, what is costly to the employers (i.e., taxpayers), is benefits, not wages. The city workers know this and accordingly seldom quit because they like the safety and retirement benefits of government jobs. Who can blame them? The real blame lies with the spineless city councils that cave in to the unions’ demands.

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