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?
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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).
