Unreal Retirements

2 Responses to Unreal Retirements

1. Pie Guevara says:

   Monday, July 18, 2011 at 12:06 pm

   California State Government, the Worker’s Paradise.

   “Pensions are for retirement,” said Fritz of Citrus Heights. “They shouldn’t be paid to people who are working.”

   Wow, what a concept. Does anyone seriously think Jerry Brown would ever pass legislation ending or limiting double dipping at the public trough?
2. Peggy says:

   Monday, July 18, 2011 at 2:34 pm

   This is nothing new. Its been going on for decades. It was/is common practice for a retired administrator to hire back on a contract at a higher salary. Retired college presidents, chancellors and supervisors fill vacant positions for a year or more while hiring searches are conducted. Many figured out they could earn more as a rent executive and with the free housing and negotiated benefits it made for a great, for them, retirement bonus plan.

   While I agree it is wrong to retire and work for the same governmental agency that an individual retired from I see nothing wrong with them working for a different agency. Example; my dad retired from the Army and worked for a while at the post office. While both are government funded they are not related. Restrictions should be written with clear exceptions.

   Full and early qualifying retirement age requirements should depend on the type of jobs. Id rather have an increase in the age for a paper pusher sitting behind a desk, while keeping police officers and firefighters age lower to meet the physical needs of their life saving service.

   One issue that was not addressed in this article was the buying of service credits. This benefit is being removed, or may already be removed, which is one of the causes for the huge increase of retirements this year in most if not all of the public sector jobs. A recent article quoted a hiring management stating he used it to screen applicants to determine if they were smart enough to figure out the advantages of it.

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