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1TB(1167 comments)posted 1 year, 10 months ago

So since the vindy's readership is dwindling, the converse would seem to say that the editors shouldn't take a pay cut because the market and responsibilties merit their current pay level?

The obligations of this office just increased exponentially, yet there's a problem with increasing remuneration. I'm not following the logic,other than the vindy editors expect something for nothing.

Even in the private sector, a significant increase in job responsibilities comes with a pay bump.

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2NoBS(2013 comments)posted 1 year, 10 months ago

Right on the money, johnyoung! The Vindy's anti-public employee bias is clear and consistent. The commissioners saved the area over $61,000 by combining the tasks and responsibilities of two department heads into one, and all the Vindy can do is complain because someone got a raise. And they try to drive the wedge further between the public and private sectors by pointing out that the private sector has not had raises for "yet another year." They are duplicitous in their omission of the fact that no public employees have seen raises for quite some time as well. Other than this one individual whose workload and responsibilities have doubled, of course.

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3grand4dad(197 comments)posted 1 year, 10 months ago

I am no fan of abuses in the public sector, but the Vindicator is way off base on this one. Why should anyone take on more duties in the public sector (or anywhere) if there is not appropriate compensation? If the county wants to do away with the compeansation of one department head to save money, then don't expect someone else to absorb all of those duties without some increase in pay. They actually did the right thing in this case and saved money while at the same time treating their employee properly and all the Vindicator can see is that some private sector workers who haven't had a raise lately won't like it because one public employee got more money for taking on another whole job. Shame on you Vindicator.

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4peggygurney(402 comments)posted 1 year, 10 months ago

"Even in the private sector, a significant increase in job responsibilities comes with a pay bump.'

Sure it does. But 17.6 %? Really??

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5TB(1167 comments)posted 1 year, 10 months ago

Apparently you don't know people in banking or technology. Happens all the time

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6Bassplyr23(2 comments)posted 1 year, 10 months ago

Its nice that a Building Official can receive such a raise for more responsiblitity. How about the Staff working under the the Building Official who has not received a raise in years and ALSO have taken on more responsiblity and work load.

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