S.F.'s top-paid employee made $900K. Here's what every city worker gets paid(www.sfchronicle.com)
42 pointsby gmays10 hours ago5 comments
  • digitalPhonix3 hours ago
    I knew before opening the page that it was someone in the police department.

    I remember talking to a Seattle PD officer about how they could consistently earn more overtime hours in fortnight than there are in a fortnight with the right schedule/time-off choreography with everyone else in the department. And that’s on top of their “regular” hours.

    • nxman hour ago
      Sounds like mismanagement on the part of city. Why are the tax payers not revolting?
  • blitzar4 hours ago
    *plus "tips"
  • lifestyleguru6 hours ago
    Welcome to the third world, America:)
    • greggoB4 hours ago
      In my experience, it's not so typical in the 3rd world to provide such a detailed level of transparency to be critiqued.
      • lifestyleguru4 hours ago
        In the 3rd world everyone knows anyway. Jealousy is even stronger force than transparency laws.
        • greggoB4 hours ago
          That's clearly not the point - it's not a function of everyone knowing, but rather a function of the attempt to cover it up. Waving defeatism as some kind of universal truth is neither particularly enlightening nor useful.
    • Amezarakan hour ago
      What about a high public salary implies corruption? If anything, it would seem to be a signal in the opposite direction - a very highly paid police officer is not out to collect bribes.

      Also, is there any inherent reason why police salaries should not exceed "physician administrators, investment managers and top elected officials" and other fields the article mentions? Also noted in the article is that some of these people are working ~30 hours a week average in overtime (70 hour weeks.)

  • fakedang5 hours ago
    And here I thought the Asian police were corrupt as fuck.
    • greggoB4 hours ago
      It's not clear to me that this is a result of corruption - the article notes that a big driver is overtime pay, and that SF has struggled with hiring in recent years, which could be a legitimate cause.

      Also note about the mayor: "Lurie is required to receive that salary, but donates nearly all of it back to the government, accepting a net pay of $1 for the calendar year".

      • fakedang4 hours ago
        There were a number of reports and observations some years back of NYPD officers gaming overtime pay to pay themselves more, in some cases even claiming it while doing other jobs (like bouncer duty, private protection, etc).

        No shade against the mayor.