Comments on: SC Government Employees Getting Bonuses?

By: That guy

That guy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:25:32 +0000

Are you seriously picking on bonuses for state employees? Everybody just throws their hands up in the air in disbelief when they hear about stuff like this. State employees are losing jobs just like everybody else. Their salaries already barely make ends meet. Why do you care if an agency spends $7,000, $4,000, or $13,000 on a select few individuals to reward thier hard work in the midst of 20 million dollar cuts resulting in the lose of hundreds of jobs. You people wonder why you get disgruntled people answering the phones when you have a question.

By: curious

curious — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:52:56 +0000

Will, lets see the list, then we can judge the merits of these bonuses ourselves.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:41:38 +0000

Also regarding state employees being thankful to have their jobs instead of groveling for a one-time bonus . . . well anyone should be thankful to have a job. But in the private sector, treating your employees like crap is generally not good business because you drive out anybody who is actually worth something. It’s no different in the public sector; it’s still a bad way to operate an organization.

It’s not so much the terrible pay that drives (some) people out of state government work, it’s the way you’re treated like a criminal.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:31:49 +0000

Usually for a state employee a bonus is bad news because it takes the place of a long-denied raise that might have brought you a little closer to keeping up with inflation for once.

Now because they got a crappy little one-time bonus, they can wait another three years for their next shot at a “raise”.

The only way a state employee can avoid seeing their salary eroded by inflation and other rising costs is to get a raise by changing jobs.

By: Poppy

Poppy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:25:15 +0000

Catherine…

Waste is waste. In these times people should be thankful to have jobs, not looking for additional pay from the taxpayer.

And a bonus can be paid at anytime during the year. So this is one set of them…how many more are paid that we don’t know a thing about?

We need to cut back…way back. This is but one way.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:05:39 +0000

Seriously? In the midst of millions of lost revenue this is what worries you? From experience as a director, bonus money has to come from current funds, only for something exceptional and is, after all, a one-time cash payment. So an employee is awarded a $1000 bonus that amounts to about $600 after taxes, and these are the people you pick on? Come on… get back to the SCRA, the economic “development” packages, the “grants” awarded to festivals. I promise you we’re wasting millions, but this isn’t the place to focus.

By: Poppy

Poppy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:22:48 +0000

This is very bad timing. What were they thinking.

The housing authority is a mess anyway…I say Sic goes over and cleans the place up!

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:27:59 +0000

What crap this is…

A bonus at a time like this is crap…

Many folk in SC are frantic about losing thier jobs and the state is handing out extra cash.

This is crap.

By: Lee Sill

Lee Sill — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:10:44 +0000

This cannot be true! If so, this is unbelievably ridiculous and is not fair to the thousands hard working people in this state who are struggling right now.