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| Ringing in the ears can be a sign of brain damage.
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| It took forever to get rid of Hutch and Ron Smith, why would we want either of them or their namesakes back again?
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| Well I guess "Hutch" is looking for more public service and I do think "Brian" needs to win for the 17th district.......... Sick and tired of the "good ole boy" mentality of Mr Hutch..... If he wins we get to pay for his "golfing and meals" on the taxpayer dime again.... Dover had their fill of him with all his "perks"........ A real legend............
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Posted: Sat Jul 12th, 2008 11:57 pm |
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Angel - When are you going to post something new for us to discuss?
Angel1965 wrote:
Sign of the times and more bad news coming.................
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080712/indymac.html
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Playing the Game wrote: Ring.........ring..........ring................. Oh, it's the webmaster calling.
Really. It sounds like Shorty to me.
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| Ring.........ring..........ring................. Oh, it's the webmaster calling.
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Posted: Sat Jul 12th, 2008 11:39 pm |
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Playing the Game wrote: "The sky is falling....The sky is falling..."
Same bad news you have been spreading for a year. I'm bored with your predictions, tell me something new.
You can't handle the heat. You cut and run and let others speak for you.
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"The sky is falling....The sky is falling..."
Same bad news you have been spreading for a year. I'm bored with your predictions, tell me something new.
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Sign of the times and more bad news coming.................
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080712/indymac.html
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Dumb and Dumber testified yesterday.... Amazing how much Paulson thinks he knows when he looks in the rear view mirror.... Must be something he missed on that last curve......
http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/10/markets/regulation_hearing/index.htm?postversion=2008071015
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One reason we've this far and accomplished nothing is guys like this who think their about reproach. Laws don't apply to these types and people are fed up....
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20080710/Rove.Subpoena/
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Game_Over2007 wrote: Well I don't think anybody can fix this mess before this country. Wall Street, Investment Bankers, and a whole hand of Corporate BIG MONEY has brought this country down to its knees. We as a country are bleeding internally and no matter what side of the isle your on, their is no quick fix. We let this happen with the corrupt politicians we've elected and now we pay for it. Look at the Congress and its now NINE percent approval rating. That is a JOKE. They can't accomplish anything for the American people because BIG Money rules and its just a fact of life that nothing ever gets done. We now have hit rock bottom and Congress only has 29 working days left this year if you can believe that...... Hmmmmm nice job huh?
By the way PTG..... I think both sides have issues and thats why for the last forty years I've been a registered Independent....... Never in my lifetime have I seen such a cast of characters in government that truly make me ashamed of the way our system of government works, better yet "doesn't work"
We may disagree but I do think the both of us would love to see government work for once in our lifetime......
What you say is true, but the real villian in this story is the American voter. As voters we have been only too happy to let other people worry about things. We have been unwilling to invest in our own well being. We have been too consumed with our own flavor of bigotry.
In the end everyone pays for their stupidity. We've just been handed the bill. Wake up folks. Partisan politics is the easy, stupid way to ruination.
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Well I don't think anybody can fix this mess before this country. Wall Street, Investment Bankers, and a whole hand of Corporate BIG MONEY has brought this country down to its knees. We as a country are bleeding internally and no matter what side of the isle your on, their is no quick fix. We let this happen with the corrupt politicians we've elected and now we pay for it. Look at the Congress and its now NINE percent approval rating. That is a JOKE. They can't accomplish anything for the American people because BIG Money rules and its just a fact of life that nothing ever gets done. We now have hit rock bottom and Congress only has 29 working days left this year if you can believe that...... Hmmmmm nice job huh?
By the way PTG..... I think both sides have issues and thats why for the last forty years I've been a registered Independent....... Never in my lifetime have I seen such a cast of characters in government that truly make me ashamed of the way our system of government works, better yet "doesn't work"
We may disagree but I do think the both of us would love to see government work for once in our lifetime......
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| Why did the "elitist" of Camden politics give themselves $51K in their budget for attending meetings and cut back on the Police dept budget for fuel? Mooney must be going to have some parties with the new Town Hall. You Camden residence need to wake up and start to look at what the hell this town is doing when it comes to monies being spent. How about adjusting the matching funds to a reasonable rate on all employee retirements. GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED always......
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| Why G_O you've become a Republican Conservative. We're used to paying for Liberal Democrat programs.
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By the way.... I don't believe I could sit down at the same table with PTG..... I would have to pay for everything and leave a healthy tip after he slips out the back door.... 
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Oil "puts" at $90 in Dec....... makes ya wonder huh?  Last edited on Tue Jul 8th, 2008 03:42 pm by Game_Over2007
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That's why we would invite you....someone has to take care of the curmudgeons in the world 
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| cute....... neither one of you would pick up the tab then?
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| That's good..... I enjoy sharing my "one sided" thoughts..... By the way, I don't like you either..... Life is good......
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But I do like to have discussions on topics we actually agree on but have different thoughts on solutions...........
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| I still don't like you.......
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| I can't believe we agree on somthing! It may rain like hell now....
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| Many of us believe Lee actually passed away at Irish Eyes, but Markell is the one with the opportunity. Wake up Fred, I am actually supporting a Dem.
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Has Lee been keeping an especically low profile? I haven't heard boo from him.
Saw that Markell "officially" announces for Governor this week. Thought he had already done so......
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Thank God they kept the needle exchange program and full day babysitting (Kindergarten) and all of the pork. I guess the poor slobs who keep the government running and the streets clean and the revenue coming in aren't important to Minner/Carney/ and the antique reps and senators who are more worried about their image than the state.
Time for change. Markell and Lee will be the choice, what will be yours?
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Yesterday I heard the State of Delaware had to stop their matching contributions on their employee retirement plans. Sad situation for the state workers but I do think the State could have done other measures to offset that cut for sure. Like go after the State Education System with it mismanaged budget appropriations. Maybe get rid of those "incentive bonuses" we talked about? Makes you wonder where the real priorities are and the Dummy in charge lets it all pass by because she's to stupid to deal with real issues.
Have a great day....
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No, the reality is that it isn't enough to sit and complain.
You want to get involved in this "wasteful" spending? Then you have to know what you are talking about.
Case in point....the state is going to contract out a coordinator to monitor the renewable energy requirements. I have no idea exactly what this is going to entail, but I suspect we are talking waay more than 100K....
http://www.delaware-energy.com/Download/PUBLIC%20NOTICE%20CA%20RFP%20Rev.pdf
So....read it, pull down the RFP, try to understand it, and then realize THIS is exactly what you have to do if you want to complain about state programs and actually get something changed.
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Interesting market close yesterday. CNBC pundits are still trying to pump good into the market equation but "reality" of past "greed" will prevail no matter what these pundits try to inject over the airwaves. The economy is bleeding internally and theirs no fix due the wall street greed and a culture that thought they could do anything and get away with it. Now we all pay and this will run deeper than any other time in our history.
Yesterday I heard the State of Delaware had to stop their matching contributions on their employee retirement plans. Sad situation for the state workers but I do think the State could have done other measures to offset that cut for sure. Like go after the State Education System with it mismanaged budget appropriations. Maybe get rid of those "incentive bonuses" we talked about? Makes you wonder where the real priorities are and the Dummy in charge lets it all pass by because she's to stupid to deal with real issues.
Have a great day....
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Game_Over2007 wrote: That said, I have to wonder who does control the "purse strings " of money being spent? You can't spend money and not account for it in some way. It's just not right when taxpayer money is used with no accountability and this needs to be addressed in the future. "They" seem to want want and want more but fail to give the public an appropriate accountability of monies being spent. We have a lot of waste in the school system relating to all the District Administrative Offices and real "cuts" need to be addressed there instead of enhancing "incentive bonuses" for your Wild Quail memberships. The so called in-crowd needs a reality check with real life and whats going on around them. Keep those "noses" high and dry now and remember your not immune to exposure.
and we need to do it on a national level! by starting with constitutional authority for hand outs. Of course we would all be more prosperous if not for our fiat money system! thats our countries biggest issue, but the one discussed the least. We need to be back on the gold standard.
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You would have to start with the teachers, and go from there.
Do you think an average starting salary of 35K is outrageous? I don't; it is a bit on the low side for college graduates, but I would expect that, and it in line with every other state around us. I guess you could tweak it a bit, but why wouldn't the best simply opt to work elsewhere first?
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You talk about accountability? This takes the cake and the roaches will come out of the woodwork on this one soon. Major bank operating like ENRON...
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/20/news/international/switzerland.ap/index.htm
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| That said, I have to wonder who does control the "purse strings " of money being spent? You can't spend money and not account for it in some way. It's just not right when taxpayer money is used with no accountability and this needs to be addressed in the future. "They" seem to want want and want more but fail to give the public an appropriate accountability of monies being spent. We have a lot of waste in the school system relating to all the District Administrative Offices and real "cuts" need to be addressed there instead of enhancing "incentive bonuses" for your Wild Quail memberships. The so called in-crowd needs a reality check with real life and whats going on around them. Keep those "noses" high and dry now and remember your not immune to exposure.
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| The reason I kept running into was "that is not open to the public". Seems Valeski and Roberts loved that line and it was standard answer to anything they did not want to reveal.
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| That to me IS a legitmate complaint....much more so then whining about some person supervising 50 people and getting 100K for their trouble. About the only argument I might accept for not giving that information is something along the lines of it being less than a certain amount. Did they give you a reason suc has this?
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The information should be made available for all taxpayers to see where the money is being spent and to whom. IN those instances where it is one individual getting a contract to provide services like pyshology we should be able to see the winning bid amount. In those instances where it is a company providing several people we should be able to see the companies winning bid and what services they are providing.
The state purchasing website lists contracts open for bid and then after the awarding of the contract the winner and the amount. I do not have a problem finding out after the bidding process. What I do have a problem with is those contracts that are not openly bid on but awarded to friends of the top brass. The process is being manipulated to give friends and associates an advantage.
The state has policies and procedures in place for purchasing (almost as thick as shakespeares novel) that are designed to prevent fraud. DOE and the school districts are exempt from these policies, I wonder why? Even if you open the process to be competitive I would have no problem allowing the contract period to be 5 years. After the contract period the contract is again opened up for bidding, a lot can happen in 5 years.
We need accountability at the school districts and a way to find and prevent fraud by DOE and the top brass. For far to long we have allowed them to get away with stealing our taxpayer dollars all in the name of the children. We must stop it or we will pay a heavier price than we are paying now.
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Good points, SK. I do believe that we are owed information as to where the school districts spend their money. Now, I can not giving all the specific details (I might not want the school district to let people know exactly how much I am charging for my services because others might use that as a competitive advantage) but the figures should be broken down a bit more then that. Telling one that you spend "x" on contracted janitorial services, and "y" on curriculum development should not be a big secret.
I suspect the information can be pulled out of the budget, but they should be able to give you the information you need.
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My wife and I were talking about my post about contractors and I agree that I should add a few things to clarify. One I did get the total money spent on contractors from Valeski however I did not get how many people it was for or what class they fall in. Whether it is janitors or pyshologists. When I asked for specific information to do a detailed analysis I was told that is not open to the public.
It is the game the districts and DOE plays that bugs me the most. They mix low paid contractors like janitors and kitchen help with extremely high paid professionals like pyshologists. They then can say the average pay for such and such is this amount which is really low compared to the highest people paid. Politicians seem very fooled by this method and I am not sure but they do it to be able to say denialble plausibility if they are ever caught.
Two when I asked to verify the pay of Dr. Roberts and Dr. Valeski I had obtained from the state website I was told that is not open to the public. When I pressed why it was not open since it is published on the website I recieved no answer but a polite that is not open to the public. After further review of the numbers I determined they are paid out of 2 different monies. One from the state scale and one from the district that is added on. The answer from Dr. Valeski is that is so they can pay teachers more than the state mandates and it is voted on by the school board, behind closed doors in executive session. The information is not available for the public review.
Makes me wonder how much they are actually making in reality. Makes me wonder if Fred when he says only 9 are paid 100k or more is truly correct or not. My whole point is the games they play with accounting is deplorable and designed to cheat us regular taxpayers out of money. I believe it is wasteful and something needs to be done.
Anyway I agree with my wife I needed to add somethings to my original statement to clarify what answers I did get from Valeski and Roberts. Technically there answers were not lies but half lies covered by law.
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| Climb off the stallion Fred. Your heart is bleeding Liberal spew all over the rug. There is a difference between the public and private sector and the public sector accepts it with the exception of the educational system.
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I can't, because as you made one choice, others can do the same. If the salary difference becomes too different, you will see a shift in where people go. People go for the lower salaries in the public sector because of a variety of factors, but 100K IS much lower then they would make in the public sector...I would guess the difference is at least 1.5 if not double between the private and public sector. I don't think it should be even greater, and don't think the 9 employees should be paid less then they are getting right now.
The military has a program called Active Guard/Reserve (AGR), where you get to serve on active duty status supporting the full time work of the Reserve. They work alongside civil servant graded workers, and I heard much bad-mouthing...and I worked both sides of that equation. The best one was that the civil servants said that AGR stood for A**holes Getting Rich....and these were those Army and Air Force officers you were refering to, so it is all relative.
Jealousy occurs at all levels.
Now....on the other issue, if there is money being spent, we as taxpayers should be able to get the figures without having to go to great lengths to pry the information loose, so I would not be happy about not getting a good answer.
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The main problem people have with the these school district administrative empires is trying to get information about how our tax dollars are being spent. It's a culture of greed manipulated from within and protected. You pay their salaries and yet you can't have 100 percent accountability.
This contractor issue must be a real good deal and I have to wonder why we graduate students who can't count change back to you when you pay your bill at a retail establishment. Must be the end result of these incentive bonuses.
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Please stop comparing life in the private sector to life in the public sector. There are vast differences. Just because it sells in the private sector, does not make it right or acceptable in the public sector.
I have worked and done well in both, but I know the differences and why they exist. Teachers always seem to be the ones who want to compare what they do to what employees in the private sector make.
I've had it up to my eyeballs with that crap. They chose the lifestyle and the profession knowing what the requirements are and what the pay is.
You're damn right there is jealousy over the outrageous salaries of these public employees. As well there should be. They are overpaid underachievers IMHO. If they want the big bucks, let them move to the private sector and fight for it.
Ask a Colonel in the Army how much he makes compared to a financial assistant superintendent in a school district and justify that...................................................
Fred wrote:
There seems to be an awful lot of jealousy about the "six figure" salaries. How much do you think a person in a company with similiar responsibilities make?
I would have to know a bit more about the WQ "bonus" before I pass judgement. I guess you could say my company does the same thing, in that they give me a "bonus" for belonging to a health club....and I probably could stretch that to include WQ, although the 100 bucks I get probably wouldn't go too far.
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Fred wrote: By no stretch am I yes man. If you've read 1/10 of my posts, you would see that I certainly don't go along with the crowd, and I can assure you I am the same at work. That being said, I've progressed to where my boss makes way over that.
I've given you the facts why I don't think it is unreasonable, and if you compare it to a similiar sized company (using the 75 million dollar budget) I can assure you that the C-Staff would be making at least 5 times that. Even nonprofits pay their top executives more then this because of the level of responsibility.
There are areas for cutting, and if you want to revamp everything, you might be able to do that....but given what teachers make, given how many the administrators supervise, and given that you would expect a supervisor to make more, and the manager of the supervisor to make then that, I do not see how the salaries of the 9 are that unreasonable.
As for the consultants.....that might be an area we can agree with. Do you have any details information on who they are? I am guessing that the information is public and available if you want to do dig for it.
The information on contractor pay is not available to the public. CR does all its contractor pays behind closed doors in executive session. I once a few years back requested in writing from DR. Valeski and DR. Roberts the salary of all contractors curently working in the CR distric t. I was politely told that information is private and not available. The right of privacy does not apply to ontractors.
I only know about a few from friends and snitches in the office but I have been told there are plenty who make extremely high salaries. The reason why so many doctors teach for a few years in kindergarden is so they can get one of these positions. I believe that is the prime motivation behind all day kindergarden. So the higher ups can get there friends through the requirement faster and into higher paid jobs faster.
Another reason for all day kindergarden is so they can hire more contractors. It is hard to say no when you are applying for 6 year olds versus high schoolers. I bet we will have upwards of 200 percent increase in special area contactors like pyshologists soon.
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By no stretch am I yes man. If you've read 1/10 of my posts, you would see that I certainly don't go along with the crowd, and I can assure you I am the same at work. That being said, I've progressed to where my boss makes way over that.
I've given you the facts why I don't think it is unreasonable, and if you compare it to a similiar sized company (using the 75 million dollar budget) I can assure you that the C-Staff would be making at least 5 times that. Even nonprofits pay their top executives more then this because of the level of responsibility.
There are areas for cutting, and if you want to revamp everything, you might be able to do that....but given what teachers make, given how many the administrators supervise, and given that you would expect a supervisor to make more, and the manager of the supervisor to make then that, I do not see how the salaries of the 9 are that unreasonable.
As for the consultants.....that might be an area we can agree with. Do you have any details information on who they are? I am guessing that the information is public and available if you want to do dig for it.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 09:08 pm |
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| Well it sounds like your a company man Fred and you can run the numbers any way you want, but the bottom line is enough is enough when others are trying to endure from pay day to pay day. Most are taking cuts in pay and doing what they can to make ends meet. Just because a select few have made it in life does not mean they can take advantage of a situation and use some creative means to get more when its not justified. I do understand what your saying and I bet your a YES Man in the work place. Last edited on Mon Jun 30th, 2008 09:09 pm by Legends457
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 04:41 pm |
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CR has 9 employees making 100k or more that we know of, there are also those contractors like Dr. Angermyer (sp.) who make over 100k. Add all the people making 100k or more and it is well over 30 just at CR. Add up all the districts and you have well over 1k people making over 100k.
If we consolidate them into 3 districts and and eliminate half that we would save millions each year. I would not mind paying a few people 150k if we could eliminate the redunancy of people doing the same job. I liken it to corporations that have branches set up, each branch does not make the same as the corporate officers and are generally paid 30 to 40 percent less than corporate officers. In school disticts we have people who make as much as the DOE Head, woody.
IN a consolidation we can eliminate DOE entirely and save another 100 million annually in salaries and rediculous policies.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 03:50 pm |
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Legends457 wrote: Their comes a point in time when you have to look in the mirror and filter through the smoke created by an establishment who seems to reward those "haves" as its been described earlier here. Do we not have the right to question compensation especially when its taxpayer monies being given out at someones whim when we have to all do our part in cost cutting and doing our thing to get this financial mess fixed. Don't tell me it's alright to just give these people carte blanc when it comes to pay compensations. If that's your mindset, then I can see why the state of Delaware is in financial turmoil.
Well, of course you do...that is what people are doing.
Don't confuse someone posting an opposite point of view who happens to have some uncomfortable facts with saying you can't question something. Question away, but be prepared when you get answers that don't agree with your preconceived notions. Screaming that salaries are too high without any relevant comparisions is ridiculous.
I don't think 100K is an outrageous salary, I don't think the jobs these 9 are doing (prinicipals and directors) are unworthy of the salary. I also think that an organization where less then 2% of the employees (and this is just CR....feel free to do the same math with Dover) who make 100K is doing a pretty good job of keeping their management salaries under control. No one gives them carte blanche, as every aspect of the hiring process is in the open. If you don't like the decision of the school board, vote them out, but realize that they hired the best people available who put in for those jobs at salary level....and if you start merging school districts, you will pay MORE to manage them....much, much more.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 03:00 pm |
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| Their comes a point in time when you have to look in the mirror and filter through the smoke created by an establishment who seems to reward those "haves" as its been described earlier here. Do we not have the right to question compensation especially when its taxpayer monies being given out at someones whim when we have to all do our part in cost cutting and doing our thing to get this financial mess fixed. Don't tell me it's alright to just give these people carte blanc when it comes to pay compensations. If that's your mindset, then I can see why the state of Delaware is in financial turmoil.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 02:33 pm |
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And if you had that information, what experience gives you the ability to judge what a salary should or should not be?
We hire several people whose sole job is to determine appropriate levels of compensation. We don't want to overpay, becasue we would prefer to spend the money elsewhere, but we want to be able to attract qualified applicants. They base the figures on what other companies offer both in the state and regionally, and take into things like benefits and the stability of the company.
I would think the district does the same thing. If you want someone who meets the standards set by the school board (in terms of education and certifications) you have to pay a certain salary.
CR (the school district, not the poster) has 9 employees who make more than 100K. They are principals or directors in a 72 Million dollar organization. Given as there are almost 500 employees in CR, I reject the notion that an organization that pays less the 2% of it's mostly highly educated workforce this salary is wasting money. Heck, my organization that has about 30 people in it, all of whom have college degrees (but not advanced degrees, for the most part) has 3-4 people who make that. Maybe it it because of this bias that I fail to be shocked by someone having a 100K salary....
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 01:37 pm |
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Fred wrote: There seems to be an awful lot of jealousy about the "six figure" salaries. How much do you think a person in a company with similiar responsibilities make?
I would have to know a bit more about the WQ "bonus" before I pass judgement. I guess you could say my company does the same thing, in that they give me a "bonus" for belonging to a health club....and I probably could stretch that to include WQ, although the 100 bucks I get probably wouldn't go too far.
First we would have to detail what their responsibilities actualy are to judge how much they should get paid.
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Posted: Mon Jun 30th, 2008 12:59 pm |
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There seems to be an awful lot of jealousy about the "six figure" salaries. How much do you think a person in a company with similiar responsibilities make?
I would have to know a bit more about the WQ "bonus" before I pass judgement. I guess you could say my company does the same thing, in that they give me a "bonus" for belonging to a health club....and I probably could stretch that to include WQ, although the 100 bucks I get probably wouldn't go too far.
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