State jobs 4 days a week, who do I blame?

[CYYYFYYY]

I work a state job and it looks like we will only be working 4 days a week instead of 5 and our paychecks will show the differrence. We have been calling the Governors office but it obviously did not work. My question who is to blame the most? The governor, mayor or president?

[Dude!]

I work a state job and it looks like we will only be working 4 days a week instead of 5 and our paychecks will show the differrence. We have been calling the Governors office but it obviously did not work. My question who is to blame the most? The governor, mayor or president?

we should be thanking all of them
if it means public payrolls
will finally be cut

[angrymissy]

I work a state job and it looks like we will only be working 4 days a week instead of 5 and our paychecks will show the differrence. We have been calling the Governors office but it obviously did not work. My question who is to blame the most? The governor, mayor or president?

Are you going to 10 hours a day 4 days a week? I know some State Govt's are doing that and your paycheck should not change since you're working the same amount of hours.

[Jujubees2]

Are you going to 10 hours a day 4 days a week? I know some State Govt's are doing that and your paycheck should not change since you're working the same amount of hours.

I don't think so. I think they're just furloughing all state workers one day a week until they get a budget.

And to answer your question CYYYFYYY I think the NY State Legislature is to blame (along with the governor).

[StanUpshaw]

Blame your unions for strongarming unsustainable benefits and pension packages.

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[K.C.]

we should be thanking all of them
if it means public payrolls
will finally be cut

Now I know that New York and New Jersey, among a few states, tend to be excessive with their state budgets, but I love the people who bitch about public payrolls, and then complain (not to say that you're complaining) when they don't get the kind of service they feel is deserved from the state.

It's skewed because of appointed positions...the cabinet heads and politicians in many states basically can appoint a number of people who work at enormous salaries with ridiculous benefits that skew all the measure of how much civil service employees make. That warps most of the statistical data and public perception on public sector employees.

In Delaware, if you're a rank and file state worker, be it social services, unemployment, dmv, etc. you're making between 24-28 grand tops (most on the lower end of that), which is ridiculously low when you compare it to similar private sector jobs.

The cost of living is higher in NYC and NJ, so imagine it's probably closer to 35-40 grand there.

But if you read the media studies released, it'll say something like the average state employee makes 35-40 grand in Delaware (because of the appointed positions, judges, etc), and I'm sure it's skewed the same way in the studies released in NYC/NJ.

Most people with enough public sector service time can step into the private sector, get a similar job to the one they performed for public service and make double their annual salary.

[Syd]

Blame your state gov/congress for going with regressive tax policies instead of progressive tax policies. Recessions sure are a bitch!

[STC-Dub]

Blame the entire system. It is is hard to get elected if you raise taxes and everyone wants the services that various governments provide. Politicians will talk about cutting spending but still vote for wasteful projects that benefit their constituents and against cuts to them. Plus, pretty much every level of government spent more when the economy was booming but people are used to the new services making the hard to cut. Now there is no choice but to make cuts and government workers are pretty easy targets given that most people think they make too much money and do too little actual work.

[keithy_19]

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Mayor Goldie Wilson. I like the sound of that.

[Contra]

I blame you for trusting any type of government