RSS FEEDSRose Mercado posted on 2/25/2010 4:51:00 PM
In case there is any question as to whose conscience I mean to be disturbed, it is certainly not the governor's.
Rose Mercado posted on 2/25/2010 4:45:00 PM
I would like to point out that state employees ARE taxpayers! And all of us have worked hard to get the jobs we have with good benefits. Snow days are a rarity here for obvious reasons, but are given to keep people safe to come to work another day, not just so we can have a paid day off. As usual, there are always those who will complain about anything and everything! The person who wrote the complaint was getting paid salary (a huge salary I am sure) and can take any day off he pleases (I’m sure someone in his position can do that?) Because he is salaried, that means his days off are PAID…at a nonprofit company. How many free business lunches and dinners at nice restaurants? I’m sure his job has its own perks. Maybe we should hear about what goes on behind the scenes in a non-profit company? Where does all that money go? Who decides how much someone gets paid? Personally, I don’t care. Before today, I didn’t even know who this person was. I’m just a little government worker who enjoyed having one snow day off that I didn’t have to worry about inching my way in to work in bad weather, worrying about having an accident. And who wouldn’t appreciate that? I might also point out that if the governor opts not to give us a snow day in the future due to the comments made by this person and someone gets hurt in an accident, I hope his conscience will not be clean.
Ellie Esposito posted on 2/24/2010 6:47:00 PM
I am a state employee who did get a snow day but as Lee said these are few and far between. I certainly would not say that these are a waste of money, nor that we don't deserve them. I am a welfare caseworker who works my ass off everyday to help over 800 clients. If you want to save the taxpayers money, I can tell you all about how to reform welfare to not only help people but to save money in a way that would make your snow day look like small potatoes. I have a newborn baby who needs me and I can't afford to stay at home with him. I work to pay bills and so my family can have health insurance. Many (but not all) of our clients get benefits and have the luxury of taking care of their own children and not having to work while while they collect taxpayer monies. At least a snow day is a responsible thing because if the weather were inclement and I had to go to work, who would take care of my baby if I got injured or killed driving to work on ice to make people like yourself feel better. Also, it is not up to us how the private sector doles out snow days. A snow day is the least we can get for how hard we work. We didn't get paid over the summer when there was a budget impasse. Our bills were late and there is no way of justifying that to creditors who want their money and can ruin your credit. A while ago the legislators took a nice pay raise but did not give us the same. We struggle very much in our own right everyday. In exchange for not having the choice to stay home with my child and raise him, a snow day once every few years is the least they can do for us.
Lee posted on 2/21/2010 7:11:00 PM
This snow day thing is nothing new. It is very uncommon for the state to close. I suppose Gov. Rendell could have decided to make employees use annual time which the taxpayer is still paying for. In reference to the contractors from the previous poster, it is my understanding the state hires a company on a contract for a particular service. That company then sends employees to the site to provide the hired service. The employee is still officially an employee of that company and note the state. Seems like a non issue to me.
indie posted on 2/18/2010 6:02:00 PM
There's a story that everyone is missing on this snow day for the stateworkers thing.
The state employs what are called contractors in many positions. Contractors DID NOT GET PAID for the state's weather closure. In fact, they had to put in a day of PTO (paid time off) or take it unpaid.
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