captoveur wrote:Just got told to take my 3rd Pfizer shot by my employer.
Fortunately, my employer still hasn't required the first round. Not that it would matter since I did it on my own.
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I've handled more critical incidents in the past couple of weeks than I have my entire time with the agency (3.5 years). The Incident Command System is a beautiful thing.
Anyway, if one were to look at the raw data, I should just quit my job. It is one of the lowest paying civilian positions in the organization, but comes with a considerable amount of responsibility and stress. With body worn cameras being mandated, digital evidence is expanding and hiring. That position, without the stress of dealing with multiple critical incidents every week, offers a 13% increase in base pay, with a top-end rate of 19% more than what my current job offers.
I love my job. Training others to do my job has brought a new level of satisfaction and enjoyment. I'm personally invested in serving and protecting the men and women that serve and protect. It's not the stress of the job that drains me to the point of spending my entire time off just wanting to sleep, it's the paycheck.
ShyFlyer wrote:My job classification is being reviewed for a possible raise in pay, though. However, the last reclassification attempt was denied since similar positions around the metro paid slightly less. There is little hope this time around as the county has been crying about budget issues since the pandemic began.
I wrote that in July. Still no word from the "sacred council." Support for higher pay is widespread, but the ones that can actually implement it have remained silent.
Make Orwell fiction again.