Quote from blackjack007:
do people here really think 100-200k is a lot of money especially for people who are 40-50 years old?
google alone probably has a few thousand employees who make 6-figure compensation and many of them are in their 20s and early 30s.
Quote from sunggong:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/30/MN7OVQOPK.DTL
Many city employees racking up over $200k in overtime pay.
Even some park ranger pulled in close to $265k.
Looks at Vallejo firefighters' salaries, $190k....
I'm sure this crap goes on in every city in America.
I remember when I lived in Boston, several city employees got fired for unnecessarily racking up contractor $$$ for that Big Dig project. Also, I believe police officers there average about $150k.
If you're not doing too well trading, go become a firefighter or a policeman!
Quote from Mvic:
You couldn't pay me enough to be a police officer in the US. Quite possibly one of the worst jobs anyone could have, I don't begrudge them a penny.
Quote from sunggong:
i think you've missed the point.
it's not really the money that they are making. it's the WAY they are earning them mostly...via overtime.
how many hours do you think they have to work to earn additional 2x their salary numbers via overtime? A guy making $50k but makes additional $100k or more in overtime to make over $150k....
do you really think they are working well over 80 hours per week every single week to do this?
i highly doubt that.