More than 6,400 Mass employees make over $100K

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

That list is crap, look at the 40 hour salary for putting your life on the line. I say good for them they are working many more hours than most of us. Any job that pays a decent hourly wage can turn into a high wage job if you want to work like a dog...

Spoken like a union man !

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

Spoken like a union man !

Most jobs are salaried, if I put it down to an hourly wage, I'd be well below most union rates.

[TheSpecialist]

Originally Posted by striperman36

Most jobs are salaried, if I put it down to an hourly wage, I'd be well below most union rates.

There in lies the problem, salaried should equal 40 hours no more , no less.

[spence]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

There in lies the problem, salaried should equal 40 hours no more , no less.

Not when you're exempt.

It really depends on the job and how easy it is to measure productivity.

-spence

[striperman36]

Originally Posted by spence

Not when you're exempt.

It really depends on the job and how easy it is to measure productivity.

-spence

And most jobs are salaried and exempt, at least the one's I end up working at. In most cases, weekly hours have gone up, workload is up, expectations that you'll work more are up. Stress is up
And having a good time at the office is down,,, frowned upon in many cases

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

There in lies the problem, salaried should equal 40 hours no more , no less.

Specialist, do you know what would happen if if all non-union workers in the private sector got paid overtime for every hour over 40 hours a week? Everything you buy, everything, would cost 25% more. Would that make you better off, or worse off?

Now, let's say that everyone in the private sector also had those insane healthcare and retirement benefits that union employees get. Tack on another 30% to the cost of everyhting you buy.

Are you getting it now? The reason that the private sector can't operate that way, is that no one would voluntarily buy anything that we produced.

Public unionized empmloyees are the only ones who can get away with that, because they use rule of law to FORCE their customers to absorb those costs.

I keep asking this question, and no one will answer. "Why is it fair for public employees to force upon their customers (taxpayers) costs which no one would voluntarily pay for in the private sector?"

That's a fair question, and I am a reasonable guy. If there is a good answer to that question, please share it, and you'll convince me.