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Rude-Bison-2050 t1_j8nmeru wrote

so much money goes down the drain on OT because cities don't staff appropriately

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lostatwork314 t1_j8npsnd wrote

Paying OT is cheaper than benefits and pension payments.

And utility companies pay most of the OT. Pseg etc

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Rude-Bison-2050 t1_j8nredd wrote

sigh this is not wrong but just another point as to why the pension and benefits for all public employees are grossly broken

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SyndicalistCPA t1_j8nxgui wrote

No, its not broken. Everyone should be having the same benefits but labor movement is especially weak in the US.

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Rude-Bison-2050 t1_j8orwpd wrote

Outrageous labor costs and pensions are why shit is so unaffordable but sure random basement communist

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SyndicalistCPA t1_j8rnauv wrote

Might want to look into price gouging, planned obsolescence, disaster capitalism, etc.

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metsurf t1_j8nz0qh wrote

If you mean broken as overly generous you are correct my brother-in-law just turned 58 and has been retired for 10 years. About a third of his time on the force he was a middle school resource officer. Most of his days were totally uneventful a bomb scare once, and kids having fistfights. Only time he actually used his service weapon was to euthanize animals hit by cars. He gets $85K+ pension plus premium health benefits to do nothing. That is unsustainable across the entire sum of all the cops we have.

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