Cuts at the top?

[neroas]

Why not cut so many of the overpaid administrative government positions at the top? Seems like that would make sense.

[Even Steven]

There are some assumptions in your questions:

- How do you know these people are overpaid?
- How do you know that cutting these positions won't affect the services?
- How do you know it hasn't been done already?

My bet is that you don't know anything for sure but simply assume that people working for the govt do nothing and get paid too much. Hard to take your opinion seriously with that in mind.

[flamingfingers]

^^

“When you realize that you’ve got senior employees making $90,000 a year just in bonuses, that’s more than the average household income in BC,” he points out.

And NDP Energy Critic John Horgan is calling for an independent review of BC Hydro.

“I don’t think the province takes this seriously, the minister will most assuredly say these are all good people and they deserve what they get. Well we can’t keep hearing this year after year that the senior managers need to get paid more or they’ll go elsewhere…well I say get lost, if you don’t like working here go somewhere else and there’s always someone to replace you,” explains a fired up Horgan.

He thinks there needs to be a salary freeze not just for the lower pay scaled workers but most importantly those higher on the pay scale.

http://www.news1130.com/2013/09/26/bc-h ... -salaries/

[dontrump]

There are some assumptions in your questions:

- How do you know these people are overpaid?
- How do you know that cutting these positions won't affect the services?
- How do you know it hasn't been done already?

My bet is that you don't know anything for sure but simply assume that people working for the govt do nothing and get paid too much. Hard to take your opinion seriously with that in mind.

Well I agree with the poster I have said this for years A ton of them are overpaid worse yet they don't do a good job and
cutting a ton of these positions will not effect a single person except the one whom lost their job
Christ I went into the city of Vernon office center the other day.Talk about a lot of women doing nothing. Its like this at every level of government (not just women) that was where \I was at in the city deal I said women because that's all I saw
women in a lot of positions work harder and more earnest then men do
worst yet go look at BC Hydro that's a frigging disaster

[Pat-Taporter]

BC Government

Salary Look-up Tool

http://www2.gov.bc.ca/local/myhr/tools/ ... index.html

[Pat-Taporter]

BC Ministry of Finance

Public Sector Employers' Council Secretariat

2013 - 2014 Executive Compensation Disclosure

http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/psec/disclosur ... e13-14.htm

2014 - 2015 Executive Compensation Disclosure

http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/psec/disclosur ... e14-15.htm

[occasional thoughts]

No amount of alleged "fat" at the top of public service organizations will EVER outdo the excesses of executive compensation in so-called private enterprise. Which is not to excuse waste and inefficiency in our public institutions or anywhere else.

[Pat-Taporter]

Following up on the 2012 news report that flamingfingers posted earlier:

http://www.news1130.com/2013/09/26/bc-h ... -salaries/

BC Hydro

Public Sector Executive Compensation

Reporting Form
BC Hydro and Power Authority

July 2012
Statement of Executive Compensation
http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/psec/disclosur ... losure.pdf

May 2013 (Goes up)
http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/psec/disclosur ... sation.pdf

June 2014 (Goes up)
http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/psec/disclosur ... sation.pdf

June 2015 (Goes sideways LOL)
http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/psec/disclosur ... sation.pdf

BC Ferries

BRITISH COLUMBIA FERRY SERVICES INC.
Coastal Ferry Act - Executive Compensation Disclosure

2011 (LOL Goes away)
http://www.bcferries.com/files/AboutBCF ... sation.pdf

2012 to 2014

For Immediate Release 13-034 November 13, 2013
BC Ferries News Release
BC FERRIES TO INTRODUCE CHANGES IN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE
BC Ferries implements subsequent two-year wage freeze for affected executive and management employees
https://www.bcferries.com/bcferries/fac ... ?id=832517
Pg. 3

2012 (The big one)

Name and principal position - Michael J. Corrigan President & CEO
Year - 2012
Salary - 336,262
Share- based awards - Nil
Option based awards Annual incentive plans - Nil
Annual incentive plans - 62,580
Long-term incentive plans - 358,638
Pension value -7 6,535
All other compensation - 81,600
Total compensation - 915,615

2013 (Goes down)

Name and principal position - Michael J. Corrigan President & CEO
Year - 2013
Salary - 364,000
Share- based awards - Nil
Option based awards Annual incentive plans - Nil
Annual incentive plans - 64,421
Long-term incentive plans - 75,509
Pension value - N/A
All other compensation - Nil
Total compensation - 503,930

2014 (Goes down)

Name and principal position - Michael J. Corrigan President & CEO
Year - 2014
Salary - 425,125
Share- based awards - Nil
Option based awards Annual incentive plans - Nil
Annual incentive plans - Nil
Long-term incentive plans - Nil
Pension value - 75,605
All other compensation - N/A
Total compensation - 500,730

2015 (Stays about the same)

BC Ferries 2015
http://www.bcferries.com/files/AboutBCF ... losure.pdf