I agree with John. I had to take 3 days at Christmas because the University I work at decided to close for the best part of 2 weeks. Thank God that the rest of the days were covered by holidays. I am most definitely looking forward to retirement in less than 18 months. Then I just need to find another job and start earning my second retirement. I could never live on my retirement the state will give me.
Jon On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:23 PM, John Hornbuckle < [email protected]> wrote: > One of the reasons I’ve been willing to live with the lower salary one > makes in the public sector is that in return, one has great job stability. > > > > Normally. > > > > These days, that has been turned on its head; public sector jobs are > providing neither stability nor good pay. > > > > I’m just thankful that my job is such that literally no one else in our > organization can do it, and the things I do absolutely **must** be done. > Getting rid of me wouldn’t save any money, unless they replaced me with > someone less expensive. And considering how modest my salary is, that’s not > very likely even in the current economic climate. > > > > > > > > John Hornbuckle > > MIS Department > > Taylor County School District > > 318 North Clark Street > > Perry, FL 32347 > > > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Joe Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, March 02, 2009 3:11 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: OT - Reduction in hours, forced to use PTO > > > > I work for the state of California, and just narrowly dodged layoffs. My > union has agreed to a 4.62% paycut (one day salary), from now through June > 2010. I still fear that Ahnold will come back and say it’s not enough, and > layoffs are still needed, but I do have some protection from that now. Also > in the Tentative Agreement with the union is that our members cannot be laid > off unless the agency we work for is eliminated, or the facilities we work > at are closed. Even then, because of the agreement, they will give me > another job… within 10% of my current salary, and within 50 miles of my > home. So, theoretically, I could end up taking another 10% cut and > increasing my drive to work from 6.5 miles to 50… > > > > Joy, oh Joy…hanging on by my fingertips. > > > > Joe Heaton > > Employment Training Panel** > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
