Monday, September 1, 2014

Support staff the inferior class of people?


It's bad enough that our raises do not compound with years of service.  Rather they are applied to the start/base wage.

But never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed that we consistently do not receive the same percentage increase, despite it being applied differently.

Step one; Goto the DPI website and download the Administrative Salary reports for a number of years back.

Step two: Open each file and look for your school district.  Calculate the percent increase from the last years salary.

Step three: Go through your old contracts and notes to compare what was awarded to support staff.

Step four:  Be angry. but keep your cool and sing the "Master has got me working song" at work.

Over a seven year period support staff in De Pere has consistently received an average of 1/2 percent less per year.

Why?

-
Income inequality is a term used a lot in politics the last few years.  While there is likely some exaggeration to help bring attention to the issue, there is also a lot of truth. 

From: "Pay without Performance- The Unfulfilled Promise of Executive Compensation."

In 1991, the average large-company CEO received approximately 140 times the pay of an average worker; in 2003, the ratio was about 500:1

Ref: Janice Revell, “Mo’ Money, Fewer Problems; Is It a Good Idea to Get Rid of the $1 Million CEO Pay Ceiling?” Fortune, March 31, 2003, 34.

In the school system, sadly isn't not much different.

Ref: School Administrator Raises Outpace Teachers - August 17, 2013 Green Bay Press Gazette 


Locally I have show that percentage based raise increase do over time widen the gap from the top to bottom paying positions (expected).