f'n spending cut backs

[SHANEFROMGA]

my wife, who has worked as a dfcs (department of family and children services) investigator for going on 7 years has finally got a promotion to supervisor after being passed over many times found out today that all the service workers there are going to be pay ferlowed a few days out of each month, effectively wiping out the pay raise that she got no more than a month ago. it sucks because ends were going to actually meet for once. the people in power over dfcs aren't going to have to take pay cut but all the people who do the real work will..... good to be da kings i guess.:furious::wallbash:

[CousinDave]

my wife, who has worked as a dfcs (department of family and children services) investigator for going on 7 years has finally got a promotion to supervisor after being passed over many times found out today that all the service workers there are going to be pay ferlowed a few days out of each month, effectively wiping out the pay raise that she got no more than a month ago. it sucks because ends were going to actually meet for once. the people in power over dfcs aren't going to have to take pay cut but all the people who do the real work will..... good to be da kings i guess.:furious::wallbash:


I doubt you'll get much sympathy, most people see civil servants as over paid bureaucrats who can't make it in the real world.

How much are your health insurance co pays?

[frye hole]

I doubt you'll get much sympathy, most people see civil servants as over paid bureaucrats who can't make it in the real world.

How much are your health insurance co pays?

way to generalize

[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

I'm surprised she's been there so long. I know a lot of people who work in the social-services sector tend to suffer from burn out.

[SHANEFROMGA]

I'm surprised she's been there so long. I know a lot of people who work in the social-services sector tend to suffer from burn out.

yeah, she loves the job, she likes to help people, specially da kids.

[Tall_James]

I would suggest she open a case file on the sumbitch who initiated these cutbacks.

I hear that he/she is a drunkard who abuses his/her family.

Just saying.

[Dude!]

she should start abusing the kids she visits
that'll teach em

[RoseBlood]

I'm surprised she's been there so long. I know a lot of people who work in the social-services sector tend to suffer from burn out.

Sooo true, it's scares me. I also hear they do that to interns and students in the field just to weed out the weaklings.. sorta speak :unsure: Bottom line, your heart REALLY has to be in it.

[Thebazile78]

Sooo true, it's scares me. I also hear they do that to interns and students in the field just to weed out the weaklings.. sorta speak :unsure: Bottom line, your heart REALLY has to be in it.

It all depends on where you get a job.

If you get a job for the state, it tends to be a situation in which the grunts doing the casework are overworked and underpaid. Turnover rates are ungodly. Those schlubs are the lowliest of the low in the pecking order and they are constantly shit on from all sides.

However, if you get a job at a hospital or a private institution, your caseload will be different. You may still feel overworked and, depending on the budget for your department, still feel underpaid, but you will have a different and, often, more supportive, environment. (My friend Dit is a hospital social worker. It's a tough job, but she's awesome at it.)

[Drunky McBetidont]

my wife did dcf in florida for 2 years and then went into teaching k-2 self contained ese kids. she left dcf because they made her go on calls at all hours to trailers on dirt roads with pitbulls and screaming rednecks. she called the sheriffs for back up and was reprimanded because the sheriffs bill hourly to dcf and they can't afford it. dept of children and families is a broken machine that needs fixing. i feel bad for the kids.

[Misteriosa]

if you think you get dicked by the state in matters of pay v caseload, try working for a contracted agency for the city.

this place stinks. we make less than half of what acs (adminstration of Children's Services) workers make and work just as hard. of benefits stink on ice and its basically sink or swim. we get no support from adminstration. needless to say, we have rediculous turn over here. of course the ones who suffer most are the kids. they already lack a stable family life, but now they have to deal with new SWs every other month because this job barely provides for the rent.

we have one pediatrician, one dentist, one shrink, and one psychologist for 500 kids. our building is falling apart (until a few months ago, we had a hole in the roof that allowed us to look directly at the sky)

oh, and did i mention that since my agency is run by the archdiocese of ny, we are expected to make certain "sacrifices" such as missing certain bank holidays, contraception insurance coverage, competitive pay, and overtime pay.

:wallbash:

[RoseBlood]

It all depends on where you get a job.

If you get a job for the state, it tends to be a situation in which the grunts doing the casework are overworked and underpaid. Turnover rates are ungodly. Those schlubs are the lowliest of the low in the pecking order and they are constantly shit on from all sides.

However, if you get a job at a hospital or a private institution, your caseload will be different. You may still feel overworked and, depending on the budget for your department, still feel underpaid, but you will have a different and, often, more supportive, environment. (My friend Dit is a hospital social worker. It's a tough job, but she's awesome at it.)

This seems to be the overall concensus from my co-workers. My boss was telling me his experiences when he was a second year intern working at this facility. The son of one of the nurses here just started his first year interning at Sagamore Childrens Hosp. (he attends Stonybrook) and so far he loves it. So there is hope for me.

..its basically sink or swim. we get no support from adminstration. needless to say, we have rediculous turn over here. of course the ones who suffer most are the kids. they already lack a stable family life, but now they have to deal with new SWs every other month because this job barely provides for the rent.

That's how it is here too. :sad: I've only been here 8 mos. and already I've seen numerous SW's come and go, which of course means caseload changes. I think there's been no less then 4 changes in this short time. It's very frustrating for all concerned, especially the clients.