PotashRLS Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Randy, did you choose your profession or did you get forced into it? Everyone makes decisions that lead their lives one direction or another. With all due respect, I personally pay way more per month for health/dental/vision than you do as a licensed Wisconsin land surveyor in the private sector. As far as weekends, holidays and family.........my wife and I are Licensed EMT-ITs on our local ambulance service and have been for over 15 years. We volunteer while raising our 5yr. old son and 9 month old daughter and working our "career jobs" outside of EMS. We are a volunteer squad that gets reimbursed $1/hr. while on call. I am the squad president and do that job with no pay. I logged over 1200 hrs on call in 2010 not counting squad meetings, trainings, continuing education and professional functions. I've been on call for the past 10 Christmas Eves so others can be with their families. While we don't face murderers/rapists often, we get abused, spat on, threatened and endangered on an all too regular basis. Without volunteers, our communities would have no EMS or Fire Protection for that matter. My point is that we all give of ourselves (no matter the profession) in some capacity, of which the sacrifices made are totally behind the scenes and largely taken for granted by the general population. God bless those like you who do the "dirty jobs" thanklessly and professionally. But the past has lead this state down the road to near bancruptcy. No cuts are palatable, but that doesn't mean they aren't necessary. And believe me, the private sector has been shouldering the brunt of it until now. On a side note.......why is "union member" the poster child for "the middle class"? There are more middle class private sector employees than the public union sector. The protesters in Madison claiming to represent "the middle class family" DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 I don't know, try asking the guy that hasn't had a job for the past 18 months.If I wanted a different job, I could have one in a week. There are jobs out there if you will do anything for work. I'll prove it as I'm gonna need a second job just to put clothes on my kids backs. Randy, did you choose your profession or did you get forced into it? Everyone makes decisions that lead their lives one direction or another. With all due respect, I personally pay way more per month for health/dental/vision than you do as a licensed Wisconsin land surveyor in the private sector. As far as weekends, holidays and family.........my wife and I are Licensed EMT-ITs on our local ambulance service and have been for over 15 years. We volunteer while raising our 5yr. old son and 9 month old daughter and working our "career jobs" outside of EMS. We are a volunteer squad that gets reimbursed $1/hr. while on call. I am the squad president and do that job with no pay. I logged over 1200 hrs on call in 2010 not counting squad meetings, trainings, continuing education and professional functions. I've been on call for the past 10 Christmas Eves so others can be with their families. While we don't face murderers/rapists often, we get abused, spat on, threatened and endangered on an all too regular basis. Without volunteers, our communities would have no EMS or Fire Protection for that matter. My point is that we all give of ourselves (no matter the profession) in some capacity, of which the sacrifices made are totally behind the scenes and largely taken for granted by the general population. God bless those like you who do the "dirty jobs" thanklessly and professionally. But the past has lead this state down the road to near bancruptcy. No cuts are palatable, but that doesn't mean they aren't necessary. And believe me, the private sector has been shouldering the brunt of it until now. On a side note.......why is "union member" the poster child for "the middle class"? There are more middle class private sector employees than the public union sector. The protesters in Madison claiming to represent "the middle class family" DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME!!!!!! Yes, I did choose my profession and for the most part really enjoy trying to make a difference in some of the inmates lives. That said, I worked construction prior to corrections and really enjoyed that as well. I gave it up knowing I would make less money but, the benefits would make up for it. Over and over I hear people saying that State workers are the cause of our situation. I can't change anyones mind as to their opinions. I can however give mine. Does the State waste money? NO DOUBT! I will never argue that. Does this Country waste money? DUH! It's all politics and if they REALLY wanted to solve the crisis we are in, they could, and they could do it without hurting working people. That goes nation wide. Taking collective bargaining away has nothing to do with saving money. Our retirement is a self sustaining fund that has something like 61 billion dollars in it. Walker wants to tap into that so I can still be working in a prison when I'm 70 years old. Everybody seems to think that we are against paying our "fair share". That is simply not true. That's what Walker is telling you because a few people went out and settled their contracts. The only thing I would have asked is for him to do it over a year or so. Starting March 27th, my house is taking over an $800 a month paycut. He could have used a little grease... Again, to answer your question, I did choose Corrections as a career but, I didn't sign up for this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Huh... YouTube - Michigan is screwed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m gardner Posted March 12, 2011 Report Share Posted March 12, 2011 I guess that I'm fortunate to have the advantage of a good education and lots of experience doing what I do because I don't need to beg or intimidate my employer into giving me anything. As a matter of fact I was contacted today by another company that wants to hire me. They can't find what they need and are willing to steal me and move me 2000 miles. I don't need to join an organized crime syndicate to get or keep a job or get good wages because I have what they need. I worked in a union shop for a year or two and really hated it because I was always in trouble because I just went about working and helping where I could and learning what I could and was always working out of my job description. They expected me to just sit with my hands folded if I ran out of work. The company went out of business shortly after so I guess it didn't work out for them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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