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Pbpopcorn t1_j7z03kl wrote

Reply to comment by Buddynorris in NYC will have $4.9B budget surplus for 2023, watchdog says by mowotlarx

I was just going to say, where’s my raise?! We’ve been due for one a few years now. I hope the unions negotiate well. We’ve already been screwed for our health insurance and with inflation they better give us something better than a pathetic 1-2%. We’re underpaid as it is and now that our insurance is going to get scrapped for medicare advantage when we retire there’s hardly any incentive to stay.

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AmericanCreamer t1_j7z0glf wrote

If you don’t mind me asking, what do you do and what’s your salary?

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Pbpopcorn t1_j7z0lms wrote

I’m going to keep it vague for privacy but I work in healthcare and I make about 10% less than my peers at private hospitals. Not to mention I don’t qualify for the healthcare bonus because of my title -my peers who do the same exact job with a non-bureaucratic title do though

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thecentury t1_j7zdv7x wrote

They were SO ready to pounce on you if you said you were in the PBA...

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AmericanCreamer t1_j7zkydb wrote

Thanks for sharing. I only ask because I hear inconsistent stories of public employees. Some are paid very well where others make nothing

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Crimsonwolf1445 t1_j80wg6f wrote

Not all public jobs are union. The union ones are normally the ones with the pay issues

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Radun t1_j84m9sa wrote

Why work for a public hospital, go private always make more money

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Knees_Too_Sharp t1_j83u0my wrote

You trade job security for lower income when you work for the government. You should never make the same as they do in private industry.

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ohgodimnotgoodatthis t1_j80542m wrote

I’m not going to be shocked when it’s less than the increases for rent stabilized apartments.

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Pbpopcorn t1_j805h4e wrote

Me too. I expect it to be 1.25% like the article said the city has already budgeted for and nothing more. I expect the city to use the surplus on other things instead.

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