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How about free housing and food for engineers who already live in SF?

by locahost 12y ago

pricklepoke 12y ago
How about free housing for firemen who can't afford to live in SF?
- insane0hflex 12y ago
  Theres no firemen living at their firehouse in sf?
  - pricklepoke 12y ago
    The majority of firemen cannot afford to live in SF. Half of city personnel live in the burbs, on the other side of a bridge.
    - refurb 12y ago
      Can't afford? Or choose the live outside of SF? Hell, I know plenty of people who could afford to live in SF and choose not to. SF is not exactly family friendly.
- bruceb 12y ago
  This isn't free housing. This is trying to get employees. Not charity.
- modoc 12y ago
  You've made a bunch of posts about Firefighters in S.F. Everything I'm seeing is that S.F. Firefighters are some of the highest paid in the world, and have amazing pensions on top of their salaries. I'm curious what your reasoning here is? Just that they live elsewhere doesn't mean they aren't paid enough, it could just mean they prefer to live in another area... Several firefighters making over $300,000/year - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/25/san-francisco-fire-lieutenant-makes-221000-in-ot-due-to-understaffing/ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/25/san-francisco-fire-lieu... F.D. is the highest paid city dept - http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Fire-Dept-dominates-list-of-highest-paid-5085237.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Fire-Dept-dominate... S.F. F.D. has highest pay in the area - http://sfappeal.com/2010/08/highest-paid-cops-and-firefighters/ http://sfappeal.com/2010/08/highest-paid-cops-and-firefighte... S.F. F.D. salaries are #3 in the country - http://careers.top5.com/top-5-highest-paid-fire-departments-in-the-country/ http://careers.top5.com/top-5-highest-paid-fire-departments-...
  - charonn0 12y ago
    > Several firefighters making over $300,000/year These were due to excessive overtime. The Lieutenant who made $300k ($50k more than the Chief) tripled his base salary. > Just that they live elsewhere doesn't mean they aren't paid enough, it could just mean they prefer to live in another area It means that in a major disaster like an Earthquake, SF might find many of its emergency responders (not just firefighters) stranded on the far side of the bay.
    - optimusclimb 12y ago
      > These were due to excessive overtime. The Lieutenant who made $300k ($50k more than the Chief) tripled his base salary. How many hacker news readers do you suppose that work "overtime" get paid for it?
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How about free housing and food for engineers who already live in SF?

pricklepoke 12y ago

How about free housing for firemen who can't afford to live in SF?

insane0hflex 12y ago
Theres no firemen living at their firehouse in sf?
- pricklepoke 12y ago
  The majority of firemen cannot afford to live in SF. Half of city personnel live in the burbs, on the other side of a bridge.
  - refurb 12y ago
    Can't afford? Or choose the live outside of SF? Hell, I know plenty of people who could afford to live in SF and choose not to. SF is not exactly family friendly.
bruceb 12y ago
This isn't free housing. This is trying to get employees. Not charity.
modoc 12y ago
You've made a bunch of posts about Firefighters in S.F. Everything I'm seeing is that S.F. Firefighters are some of the highest paid in the world, and have amazing pensions on top of their salaries. I'm curious what your reasoning here is? Just that they live elsewhere doesn't mean they aren't paid enough, it could just mean they prefer to live in another area... Several firefighters making over $300,000/year - http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/25/san-francisco-fire-lieutenant-makes-221000-in-ot-due-to-understaffing/ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/04/25/san-francisco-fire-lieu... F.D. is the highest paid city dept - http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Fire-Dept-dominates-list-of-highest-paid-5085237.php http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-Fire-Dept-dominate... S.F. F.D. has highest pay in the area - http://sfappeal.com/2010/08/highest-paid-cops-and-firefighters/ http://sfappeal.com/2010/08/highest-paid-cops-and-firefighte... S.F. F.D. salaries are #3 in the country - http://careers.top5.com/top-5-highest-paid-fire-departments-in-the-country/ http://careers.top5.com/top-5-highest-paid-fire-departments-...
- charonn0 12y ago
  > Several firefighters making over $300,000/year These were due to excessive overtime. The Lieutenant who made $300k ($50k more than the Chief) tripled his base salary. > Just that they live elsewhere doesn't mean they aren't paid enough, it could just mean they prefer to live in another area It means that in a major disaster like an Earthquake, SF might find many of its emergency responders (not just firefighters) stranded on the far side of the bay.
  - optimusclimb 12y ago
    > These were due to excessive overtime. The Lieutenant who made $300k ($50k more than the Chief) tripled his base salary. How many hacker news readers do you suppose that work "overtime" get paid for it?

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