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December 12, 2012 at 6:55 PM in reply to: State of CA public employee psychiatrist gets paid $822,000 salary #756212
UCGal
Participant[quote=afx114]This is all I care about:
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Nice!December 12, 2012 at 1:48 PM in reply to: State of CA public employee psychiatrist gets paid $822,000 salary #756195Participant[quote=AN]UCGal, just so I read your post correctly, you’re saying that the guy’s pay is $400k but after vacation payout, his pay went up to $822k? That’s 100% increase from vacation pay? Who can save a year’s worth of vacation?[/quote]
The state apparently doesn’t have a “use it or lose it” policy.
And he “apparently” was working 17 hour days because they cut back staff and increased patients… so he had more shifts.I just read the article.
I have coworkers who would have way more than a years salary in vacation pay if we didn’t cap at 1.5x the annual accrual. They’ve stopped accruing because they hit the cap a long time ago. They are workaholics who never take time off.
(I don’t have that problem. LOL)December 12, 2012 at 1:32 PM in reply to: State of CA public employee psychiatrist gets paid $822,000 salary #756191Participantthe psychiatrist who was paid 822,302, was paid mostly for vacation time not taken. Elsewhere in the article it suggests his pay was about $400k/year. (Still high, but not *as* outrageous).
A fix for the excessive vacation pay would be to apply the CA labor law minimums to state employees. CA Law says that employers must allow employees to be able to care over 1.5x their annual vacation time. I know because my company allows only 40 hours to be rolled over from each calendar year – except in CA, where the law is different.
So if an employee has 3 weeks vacation/year – they could carry over up to 4.5 weeks of unused time, if the company sets this policy.
The article also suggests that CA’s excess vacation time is in part due to the unpaid furloughs state workers had to go through. They were required to use unpaid furlough time BEFORE using vacation time. so less vacation time was actually used,… and it accumulated.
I’m not suggesting these guys aren’t overpaid. I’m just looking at the details of the numbers.
ParticipantLOL.
I know my mom joined price club in the 70’s. But back then you had to have an employer connection. My mom worked for the county -so that was her connection. This was still true for price club and later costco until about 1990 if memory serves.One of my regular cashiers there worked at price club during college because they had tuition reimbursement. She graduated and looked around for her “professional” career… none paid as well, offered as good of bennies. She’s been there since about 1981. I think there are a lot of employees like her.
ParticipantI don’t think pricing should be related to whether it’s a short sale or foreclosure. Figure out what the market value of it is (as is), and figure out if that pencils out. Make your bid on that info.
Participant[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]On the topic of openness and transparency, some interesting articles from Glenn Greewald at The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/03/progressive-media-obama-criticisms#, Dana Milbank: http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_22124299/dana-milbank-open-and-shut-administration, and Charles Ornstein at the WashPost: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/wheres-the-transparency-that-obama-promised/2011/03/31/AFipwHCC_story.html
Not a single one of these authors or papers are part of the vast “right wing noise machine”, but are solidly center-left/Liberal and it’s interesting that there is finally notice given this administration’s truly deplorable stance on civil rights and liberties, along with it’s punitive approach to whistle-blowers or anyone openly questioning their operations or motives.
Obama is no different than Dubya, who was no different than Clinton, and so on. This gradual erosion of our rights and liberties has been taking place over the last half century, without any sort of serious blowback from the American people. Which is the truly sad part of all this.[/quote]
I’m a fan of Glen Greenwald, he’s got solid working knowledge of constitutional law and is critical of oversteps, whoever does the stepping. I’ve been following him from before he moved to Salon from his own blog, and now on the Guardian. But I’m not sure I agree with him that MSNBC has *no* criticism of Obama.
They have 3 hours of Joe Scarborough on every morning. He regularly shouts down folks who don’t agree with his tea party views. They have regular guests like Jon Meecham and Mark Halperin who are not at all friendly to Obama. (And who are pendantic idiots to boot.)
I’d also point to one of the better shows on MSNBC. Up with Chris Hayes. Hayes is about as liberal/left leaning as you get. But he ALWAYS has guests that disagree/bring a different view. And they challenge him and the discussions are really thought provoking. It’s made me look at issues differently after hearing some of the give and take. He has conservative folks like Avik Roy and Josh Barro – who can hold their own and discuss more than just sound bites – but back their views with intellectual thought. So, despite the lefty host – it’s one of the more thought provoking and balanced shows on tv.
ParticipantOnly anectdotal.
I’ve been with my same employer for almost 18 years. Private sector. The corporate name has changed a bunch of times (bought, split, bought again, now for sale again.) Most of my work group have been here 7 years or longer. Several have tenures that make me seem like a newbie.
Neighbor went to work for the county. Lasted 1 year before he ran screaming back to the private sector.
Dad worked private sector – 32 years with his last employer.
Mom worked for the county – 20 years total under two agencies.Brother worked private sector to start (20 years) with an average tenure of 3-5 years, then went to work for the state (not Cali) – and was laid off after 2 years. (unrelated – he died shortly after that.)
Lots of costco employees at my local costco have been there since it was Price Club (started in the 80’s)
I’d love to see hard data on this. I don’t see any trends when looking around my friends and family.
December 11, 2012 at 1:39 PM in reply to: Taxing the rich more? How about making companies bring money back…… #756096ParticipantI have a question.
I heard during the election and during the early fiscal cliff discussions a proposal to “limit deductions”…Isn’t that AMT on steroids? The GOP claims to hate the AMT…
What is the difference?
ParticipantCA is not the only state with overcompensated employees.
Tennessee is paying $7.5M to Auburn university football coach they fired. (Chizik) He was a state employee.
His predecessor, Tuberville, was paid $5.1M upon leaving.These were state employees since Auburn is a state university.
Not saying any of it is right. Just saying CA isn’t the only screwed up state.
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WRT OP, I think it really is school depending when it comes to special ed kids. Sometimes, it might even be teacher dependent. So, don’t assume that just because the whole district on average score high that they cater to special ed kids. Do you research on the actual school and even the teachers.[/quote]+1000
API scores are not the be-all/end-all. I recently moved my kids from a high API school to one that looks terrible on paper. But the school they’re at has the teachers/services for my kid’s needs. It was very teacher/program dependent.
A lot will depend on the actual needs of the kids. A friend has an autistic son – the special ed teacher at the school we left is exceptional with kids with autism and on the spectrum. So for her – our old school was the best fit. It’s child/needs dependent as to what the best fit is. Another friend left the school we moved to because it was *not* a good fit for her son’s (emotional) special needs.
You have to look at a school/teacher/program SPECIFIC to YOUR child’s needs. Special Ed encompasses a very broad spectrum of services/accommodations. What works for one child’s issues doesn’t work for a different set of issues. Special Ed is everything from autism, spectrum disorders, ADHD, ADD, Dyslexia, emotional issues (anxiety, etc), physical needs like diabetes, speech issues, deafness, blindness…. The needs all require a different solution. Different schools, different programs, different teachers, will be the right fit for you child’s needs.
Special needs can be so broad. Talk to parents of kids with similar issues. Find out what they liked/didn’t like about the schools they’re at. Ask them to put you in touch with other parents to broaden your data sample of what’s out there.
ParticipantDividends are baked in, usually. They announce them prior to issuing them. And usually it’s only paid to shareholders of record at a specific date.
HP paying dividends is not a new thing. They do it a lot.
http://h30261.www3.hp.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=71087&p=irol-dividendsWhere did you get the 0.53/share. I’m seeing 0.132/share.
The big question is whether an HP play is a good contrarian move.
ParticipantIf any of the features were specifically handicap a feasible related, this will lower the tax burden. So if you added a bathroom that has accessible features, you’ll get an assessment that is lower than if it doesn’t have accessible features… make sure you point any specific accessible features out.
December 7, 2012 at 8:38 AM in reply to: OT: Anyone doing vegtable gardens… what’s in your garden. #755914Participant[quote=CA renter]We desperately want to get our garden going but have a problem with varmints, especially racoons.
How do other Piggs deal with rodents and other pests? Pesticides? Let snakes loose in the garden (we’re very tempted to do this…any downsides?) Go out every day and pick off bugs, etc.? Build better fences?
Our racoons are so brave that one started throwing shoes at our neighbor…after she had thrown the shoes at the racoon in an attempt to get it to leave, it threw them back at her. They are not afraid.[/quote]
We had a rat issue when fruit was ripe… Our dog stopped that problem…. he chases them out. It also helps that our neighbors out up an owl box and it’s been occupied for a few years now…. smaller varmints have disappeared.When I lived back east a raccoon tried to chase my neigbor away from his grill… came up on his deck and started rushing at him. We had our trashcans in a latched box because of the raccoons… they’re very aggressive.
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I got my numbers off this site directly:http://www.paycheckcity.com/calculator/netpay/us/california/calculator.html
Regardless, people who make over $250k ALREADY pay way too much tax IMO as it is, and they shouldn’t have to pay more. They already pay WAY more then their share. The Fed and State Governments shouldn’t heap all the burden of our current debt & entitlement woes on this small group of financially successful people. If Obama raises the top bracket to 40% federal & you combine fed + state income taxes post prop 30, CA high income earners are going to be paying taxes close to European countries. And for all that tax we don’t get sh*t for services in the U.S. or Ghettofornia. At least in Europe you get something for being skinned alive by the Government.
Chuck Schumer one of the moderate democrats (and often voices of reason) in congress even said Obama should not consider $250k rich, he said it should be $1 millon+. Wow, someone with some common sense in congress![/quote]
That site is accurate (from what I can tell) on a per-paycheck basis – not on an annual basis, for SS. Once you hit the 106,800 annual income, they stop withholding.It’s kind of like if you have large 401k percentages early in the year – then when you hit the cap you get bigger net paychecks. Same happens with SS taxes… once you hit the cap – they stop withholding and you get a bigger net paycheck.
It gets messier if you change employers – your new employer continues to withhold based on your earnings with them. So the income you earned earlier in the year, under a different employer doesn’t trigger a cap when you hit YOUR cap YTD… because the new employer doesn’t have your income info from the previous employer.
(this happened to me many years ago. – a much unexpected LARGE refund.)As far as your link. I understand how you got your info… but I’ll trust the actual Social Security website over an online paycheck withholding calculator for what the rules are. And the rules are that the cap is for income up to $106,800 for 2012.
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