naednek wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 10:28 pm
naednek wrote:In about an hour and half I'll learn that our Governor is going to reduce our pay by 10% I'm hoping it's in the form of furloughs. At least we will get time off. I saw this coming from day one and I understand and accept it.
I didn't accept it back in 2008 when Arnold the asshole blamed State workers for rich greedy wallstreet people's actions and gave us 3 furloughs a month.
And it happened with the caveat of If Nancy Pelosi gets her "Hero" bill passed, cuts to programs and wages would be cancelled. But we all know Trump will screw us being a Blue state.
Until then I'll miss having $600 a month in my pocket.
was announced yesterday that the union agree to 2 furlough days a month for 2 years. This equals about a 9.2% pay cut. But they were able to suspend an increase to our prefunding of retirement, that was supposed to be 3.5%. Prior to COVID the union reached a new contract which would have given us a 2.1% raise in July, another 2.5% the following year, and another similar raise in the last year of our contract. That has now been deffered by a year.
During the contract negotiations they were able to get a healthcare stipened of $260 a month towards our healthcare deductible. It looks like we're keeping that.
Lastly something that affects my position was that same contract they negotiated a %5 salary increase to IT positions as the state is having a hard time recruiting IT workers that are 1: good, and 2: stay. That's also still be applied.
So if everything is what it is, our furlough will in reality be around a 4%-5% cut. I'll find out more next week.