Nurse Making $269,810 Demonstrates California Public Worker Overtime Binge
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A small excerpt:
"Jean Keller earned $269,810 last year working as a nurse at a men's prison on California's central coast by tripling her regular pay with overtime hours."
Consider that 30,000 teachers were fired in California last year....
And if you think that is excessive the article mentions "a prison doctor who cashed out more than $590,000 of vacation time when he retired."
I guess that doc can go on vacation permanently....
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That's simply sickening.
Though such folk may get what's coming to them... When the money runs out, and in many states, it surely will, pensions will be cut, and possibly may be "capped." Though it's hard to fault a fellow who simply saw the rules and utilized them.
The problem of course is what happens when I (along with many others like me), with zero pension, am forced to pay extra into the system for those with golden pensions. Therein lies the seeds of at minimum, extreme discontent, and at worst a sort of rebellion or revolution.
I predict that pensions will be capped, reduced, and/or totally eliminated (this has already occurred see:
If there is a federal bail-out, we will pay for it in price inflation and a loaf of bread may rise to $12, or if state or municipal, there is an increasing trend to raise property taxes--which can lead to a downward spiral resulting in an exodus from that area with people simply walking away and abandoning their homes, so many of which are already under water (they owe more than the house can be sold for).
Ironically, for some, as it was in the Great Depression, life is great, and for others, it is utterly devastating.
Why are you mad at the employee? Blame the employer for not hiring more staff.
I've lived and still live in CA and this is what we have to deal with. CA is a heavy union state and all the taxpayers have to cater to the unions. I know I'm part of the unions but I must say my conscience has been getting to me lately because I do feel bad that there are so many people out of work and the federal government money puts government and union workers back to work (at least here). I've been very torn.
Its not as simple as 'vote for someone else'; we in the central valley overwhelmingly did not vote for gov. brown but we are union heavy and the unions got him elected.
I am a retired educator that decided to go back to school to become an FNP (through the BSN route). When I retired my salary was 40% of salary (about $50,000) and I get COLA raises every year. I did work long hours and often seven days a week but I do feel conflicted because CA taxpayers have to provide for unions above anything else. Just my opinion; you don't have to agree with it, its just how I feel.
I meant to say my retirement salary (when I retired) was calculated at 40% of my averaged (its 3 highest years) salary making my retirement salary about $50,000 a year and I get COLA raises every year based on my retirement salary.
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Why are you mad at the employee? Blame the employer for not hiring more staff.