Local salaries have increased???
Have the local salaries been increasing quite a bit? Some of these reports indicate that some of the local salaries have dwarfed the salaries of the local Microsoft Employees (though they seem to work more overtime than employees of other companies)
27 City Light workers top $100,000 in overtime pay
Big bucks for workers: It's not just City Light
The worker, whom he described as a genius, turned down an offer of $120,000, plus stock options, in favor of a $375,000 salary from Google.
No wonder the local RE market is still "affordable".
27 City Light workers top $100,000 in overtime pay
Big bucks for workers: It's not just City Light
The worker, whom he described as a genius, turned down an offer of $120,000, plus stock options, in favor of a $375,000 salary from Google.
No wonder the local RE market is still "affordable".
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None of this is news.
- The base salaries of the city workers is higher than of most fresh-grads joining Microsoft.
- Since Microsoft doesn't pay overtime (though most of its employees work overtime), base salaries+overtime of the city workers exceeds the base salaries of a good number of the MS employees.
- The number of Google employees is (gradually) increasing in this area, and seems like they make a lot more than Microsoft employees
- Other local high-tech companies are also known to pay more than Microsoft.
A common myth in this area seems to be that Microsoft employees are among the few who make a "decent income" -- and that doesn't seem to be true any more.
I'm sure early Google employees made quite a bit of $$.
I think the article you are referencing is very skewed... personally I think people should get overtime pay when they work it. Plus when you consider the danger involved in the job, seems like they should make as much as someone typing code. I can live without Vista but I like having light.
I always hear people complain about the local detective that throws on a uniform and goes on patrol for 8 hours after working an 8 hour shift. If the department is going to pay him to work a 70-80 hour week so that they don't have to pay benefits and retirement to someone else, who cares? They are saving money, not spending more.
If you have a problem with it, strap on a bullet proof vest, go to a couple all night homicide scenes, bust a few crack dealers, go fix some high voltage power lines, go fix some dams in New Orleans, or STFU.
Most of these people are earning the OT for a reason, it's not like the money is free, or some CEO/ hedge fund manager's 50 million dollar bonus for managing OTHER people's money.
The Times and PI always run articles like this about public service workers. Little do they know that most of these peoples put their ass on the line literally risk life and death to support the people of Seattle. So they made extra money this year working round the clock for a couple weeks. BFD. They got your power back online when you were complaining that you couldn't watch American Idol for 3 straight days.
(rant off).
A park crew showed up to water the landscaping... right on the lake edge. 4 guys -One drove the truck, one put the pump in the lake, 2 others held the hose while the other 2 had a smoke.
And I've worked for both the private and public sectors, trust me, laziness is rampant across the board.
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A friend of mine used to consult at Visa, the credit card company. He said it was the worst run company he had ever seen, with lot's of people doing nothing (that's why they had to hire consultants).