Comments on: Searchable Escambia County Employee Salary Database Is Now Live

By: ECC

ECC — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 07:11:09 +0000

corrections has been losing officers to santa rosa county due to the large pay difference. The other losses have come from Navy Federal offering more to the Officers than the county.

By: Bob's brother

Bob's brother — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:43:11 +0000

Kinda looks like Bergosh might be right.

By: Bonny Davis

Bonny Davis — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 16:20:24 +0000

I am a Tax Collector in Pennsylvania, but I’d like to shed some light on this issue. I am an elected official and am NOT considered an employee. so that may be why some offices are not included on the list. I am paid by the 3 taxing bodies I collect for, some of my income comes from other places as well, directly from the taxpayers, mortgage companies, title companies, etc. I do not get any benefits. I pay for my own health insurance, fund my own retirement, and pay for all of my own supplies, and if I need assistance, I pay for my own clerical help. I am reimbursed only for the printing and postage I pay for out of pocket to prepare and mail the tax bills, and there are times I am told NO about certain expenses, or that it was over the budgeted amount and therefore I am paying for the mailing of the bills. So, you see, you can read a budget and see a figure, but it does NOT tell the entire story. On paper, it looks like some people make a lot of money. It also does not indicate the amount of time spent doing the job. These are NOT 9-5 M-F jobs. I work A LOT. Night, holidays, weekends, when I am sick or away (since I get no sick days or vacation days either). Township Managers, Board members, etc. all work very hard as well, attending evening meetings, conferences, events on weekends, etc. Just because you don’t see how hard someone works, doesn’t mean they are working every minute of every day! Thanks for listening.

By: Tom Martin

Tom Martin — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 02:10:18 +0000

There is an old saying I grew up with you get paid for what you do or at least hope so, if you gonna put out part of it,not good, if your compensation comes from the tax payers,include them and don’t forget benefits.

By: Plead the 5th

Plead the 5th — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 01:49:34 +0000

To all…

This was spearheaded by bergoosh to “expose” the evil, dastardly union firefighters because they are “well compensated”. This does not show hours worked as compared to the “bottom line”. Nor does it show longevity, OT (built in or not), hrly wage?, or anything that would help explain the generous bottom line.

A FF works 24hrs on 48 hrs off. They receive no holiday pay. Their OT shift can be as little as 2 hrs but normally is 24hrs because the entire shift has to be covered. So now they have worked a 48hr shift with 24hrs off. Look at it this way, the FF begins work at 7am on Monday and is scheduled to get off shift at 7am Tuesday. An OT slot occurs for Tuesday. They accept the shift. Now instead of getting off shift at 7 on Tuesday, they will get off shift at 7am on Wednesday. Also, the OT shift may not be at the station they are assigned. So now they pack up all their gear, clothes, bedding, etc and travel to another station. 7am Wednesday rolls around. They get to go home unless they pick up another OT shift. (The FD is terribly understaffed so the possibility is quite good). Now they will be at work (their station or another) for, y’all ready?, 96hrs (4 days) straight.

You ask, how is that possible? It’s possible because the FD is terribly understaffed and had been for years. That’s another issue all together. So now maybe this will help y’all understand why some have a healthy bottom line. Some FF’s have second and/or third jobs because they either don’t want to be away from family that long, have the job(s) because they know the OT will dry up as it had done for several years or simply can’t.

So this database isn’t all inclusive nor is it completely accurate.

By: Employee

Employee — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 01:30:44 +0000

This info is very misleading because it doesn’t give the actual salary, but year-to-date totals which also include large leave payouts for people who have resigned or retired. The fiscal year is from 10/1-9/30, so the information for fiscal year 2019 is as of 9/30/19. Much has changed since then. If a person only worked a few months in that time period, it shows the amount earned, not his/her established annual salary.

By: j in perdido

j in perdido — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 23:45:29 +0000

Seems incredibly rude and of little benefit.

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 19:34:29 +0000

What about all the other county offices? Tax Collector, Property Appraiser, Clerk of Courts, etc? Why are they not listed? They are government agencies that are also paid with taxpayer funds.

By: john doe

john doe — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 18:54:45 +0000

we are in FY 2020. FY2019 runs from october 1 2018 to september 30 2019

By: Long Gone

Long Gone — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 16:59:23 +0000

What would be better is if you could see the years of experience on there along with how long that personnel has occupied that position because it’s not commensurate to each other whatsoever.

I can say that being I’m on that list, and that 3% cost of living increase given every year does nothing. I have 12 years experience in my field and I was barely scraping by. I had to go elsewhere for a more liveable wage.