Promotion???

[Orlando]

Well its official, I have been promoted to stupidvisor of out Street Dept. I am now the head trash picker upper, hole filler, grass cutter, etc. I mentioned to my wife she should get another job so I could retire but that went over like a fart in church

[Punch The Clown]

trash picker uppers over here earn well over 100k plus benefits total package worth around 150+. How can you walk away from that?

[Orlando]

Ha, you have to remember I am in a small 3 traffic light town, my salary is less than half that. Good thing is I do get all I can eat for free out of the back of the truck

[Bob W]

Congratulations Orlando! I just retired from a good Municipal job and am looking at jobs in a Dept. in a smaller town myself. As you say, they pay less than half what I make now, even as Chief, but then I won't be paying $7000 a year in property taxes for starters. A gallon of milk or loaf of bread is about the same everywhere, but taxes and property are so much better elsewhere. Not to mention quality of life and general mentality. Our home town had no traffic lights (pop. 120). As soon as the kids are out of school I'm out of here too!

[canes7]

I feel for you O. I too am a Stupidvisor. Not for a municipality but for state government. 95% of the time I love it. That 5% I hate is when one of the guys games the system just because they dont want to do something. But I get over it and move on. Have fun and congratulations.

[ordmm]

they pay less than half what I make now, even as Chief, but then I won't be paying $7000 a year in property taxes for starters. A gallon of milk or loaf of bread is about the same everywhere, but taxes and property are so much better elsewhere. Not to mention quality of life and general mentality. Our home town had no traffic lights (pop. 120). As soon as the kids are out of school I'm out of here too!

Something has to pay for the wages and bennies. Taxes.

[Bob W]

Something has to pay for the wages and bennies. Taxes.

Unfortunately the Govmt brain trust thinks that way.
Or as I've advocated for years, dept autonomy. Fines, fees etc generate more than enough revenue to run things if you trim the waste and stop the fraud, which I believe is a leading source of income here. But then all the lib voters on the doll would revolt. As I've always said, take away the free cheese and the rats will leave. Oh well, topic for a different thread. Sorry.
Happy for you, Orlando

[timshufflin]

Orlando, I will pray to the kid for you

[cuppednlocked]

Congratulations on beating those other guys out!

[Orlando]

Congratulations on beating those other guys out!

Funny thing, people applied for the job but when they found out it was a "working" supervisor position they weren't so interested. I knew one guy didn't have a clue as to what the job was about as he came to the interview in a suit and tie