Buddynorris t1_j7xh7lj wrote
The city owes a ludicrous amount of money to unions city wide, which are out of contract, some of which for many years. So yea i assume this will dry up fast.
Pbpopcorn t1_j7z03kl wrote
I was just going to say, where’s my raise?! We’ve been due for one a few years now. I hope the unions negotiate well. We’ve already been screwed for our health insurance and with inflation they better give us something better than a pathetic 1-2%. We’re underpaid as it is and now that our insurance is going to get scrapped for medicare advantage when we retire there’s hardly any incentive to stay.
AmericanCreamer t1_j7z0glf wrote
If you don’t mind me asking, what do you do and what’s your salary?
Pbpopcorn t1_j7z0lms wrote
I’m going to keep it vague for privacy but I work in healthcare and I make about 10% less than my peers at private hospitals. Not to mention I don’t qualify for the healthcare bonus because of my title -my peers who do the same exact job with a non-bureaucratic title do though
thecentury t1_j7zdv7x wrote
They were SO ready to pounce on you if you said you were in the PBA...
AmericanCreamer t1_j7zkydb wrote
Thanks for sharing. I only ask because I hear inconsistent stories of public employees. Some are paid very well where others make nothing
Crimsonwolf1445 t1_j80wg6f wrote
Not all public jobs are union. The union ones are normally the ones with the pay issues
Radun t1_j84m9sa wrote
Why work for a public hospital, go private always make more money
Knees_Too_Sharp t1_j83u0my wrote
You trade job security for lower income when you work for the government. You should never make the same as they do in private industry.
ohgodimnotgoodatthis t1_j80542m wrote
I’m not going to be shocked when it’s less than the increases for rent stabilized apartments.
Pbpopcorn t1_j805h4e wrote
Me too. I expect it to be 1.25% like the article said the city has already budgeted for and nothing more. I expect the city to use the surplus on other things instead.
goodguyfdny t1_j80olzh wrote
Maybe it can start paying EMS so members don't have to go homeless in the city they serve after the pandemic.
Suorc0 t1_j85jyg3 wrote
Lol unions and defined benifit pension plans are what bankrupted the city in the 70s and has threatened financial stability since then
Buddynorris t1_j85y8bg wrote
some jobs simply won't have close to the required applicants without them, really all it comes down to.
d2d2d2d2d2 t1_j866o74 wrote
Please read "Fear City" by Kim Phillips-Fein. Your understanding of the causes of the 70s fiscal emergency is quite flawed.
donttouchthirdrail t1_j7xir1n wrote
It’s incredible how much people will mouth off about things they don’t know anything about and don’t make sense after 3 seconds of examination
Buddynorris t1_j7xjaqd wrote
go on, elaborate.....
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