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Topic: Revealed: Civil servant
working two full time public jobs,
70 miles apart - netting a salary
higher than the Vice President´s |
Revealed: Civil servant
working two full time public jobs,
70 miles apart - netting a salary
higher than the Vice President´s
Daily Mail [UK], by Staff
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Original Article
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Posted By:Ribicon, 1/12/2013 2:57:55 PM
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| A Michigan civil servant is in hot water after being exposed as holding down two six-figure public posts at the same time - earning him more than the Vice President. Barnett Jones, has been paid $273,750 since May as Flint´s administrator of public safety and head of security for the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, despite the fact the posts are both full-time and based 70 miles apart, according to the Free Press. The lawman resigned his Flint role today after the newspaper began investigating his job-juggling. Flint City Administrator, Michael Brown, told the Press he wasn´t aware
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Comments:
A small glimpse at those rigorous, high-paid civil servant jobs; collect checks for two full-time gigs and no one notices.
Hardly fair to compare this man with the vice president, though; Biden´s efforts are not worth even a chuckle, much less a salary.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
uno, 1/12/2013 3:03:25 PM (No. 9112980)
Ralph Kramden is ralphing in his grave!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Former lurker, 1/12/2013 3:06:24 PM (No. 9112983)
More proof that public employees are seriously underworked.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
tenncon231, 1/12/2013 3:23:18 PM (No. 9113015)
He´s just one of the many of us that have to work several jobs just to get by in the "obamination"! s/o
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
lawabidingcitizen, 1/12/2013 3:29:51 PM (No. 9113023)
Both sound like no-show jobs to me.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Namma, 1/12/2013 3:33:25 PM (No. 9113029)
ha..good one #2....so true...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 1/12/2013 3:43:34 PM (No. 9113040)
On the upside, on heavy snow days when they require only essential personnel to report to work, he can stay home from both jobs.
/s off/
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Spidey, 1/12/2013 3:47:35 PM (No. 9113049)
Nobody really keeps track on this type person,showing up for work or not. When he´s missing people just figure he´s away on business or something. He´s obviously not crucial to to either job so he freely floats back and forth.Perfect example of someone helping themselves to reparations and of course he didn´t realize it wasn´t a problem.
Not all is lost,he´ll pop back up as a consultant,another way the left loots the taxpayers.
Retired gov´t workers get rehired as consultants all the time because they didn´t train anyone to take their place.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
tommyr, 1/12/2013 3:50:10 PM (No. 9113056)
Just a little research shows two full time salaries and at least two retirements and probably three if Social Security is included. He will not be prosecuted as he is one of Eric Holders people and looks like Obamas sons.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Cardsfan, 1/12/2013 3:50:42 PM (No. 9113057)
And either one of these jobs is a pretty nice annual income.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
kayjaymac, 1/12/2013 3:52:29 PM (No. 9113064)
Probably has an Obama phone, too.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Muncsdad, 1/12/2013 4:18:47 PM (No. 9113089)
Reparations continue.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
texpub, 1/12/2013 4:33:42 PM (No. 9113105)
This involved the cities of Flint, MI and Detroit, MI. Flint City Administrator, Michael Brown, said he would be open to using Barnett Jones as a consultant. Apparently, the people for whom Barnett worked think he did a fine job. Is it any wonder that Flint and Detroit are in such bad shape. What a bunch of goofballs.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Ida Lil, 1/12/2013 4:35:35 PM (No. 9113109)
Wow so he was able to work two jobs and wasn´t stealing the wages from anyone. Isn´t working as many jobs as one wishes still a right in this nation?
OOps I guess he is being dissed because he is a black over achieving worker living off a strange welfare--- called willing to work.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
judy, 1/12/2013 4:36:47 PM (No. 9113110)
I´d love to see a reality show that follows 100 federal employees for an 8 hour day...this includes congress...
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
texpub, 1/12/2013 4:44:50 PM (No. 9113119)
#13 Many people work full time jobs and supplement their income with part time jobs. However, it´s never ok to lead both employers to think they are getting a full time employee when they are not. Maybe both of the positions should be part time positions in which case he isn´t deceiving anyone. There is something dishonest about this situation.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
neanderthal, 1/12/2013 5:02:07 PM (No. 9113147)
If you let the camel get his nose under the bottom of the tent, he will destroy everything you have. Glorify diversity.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
mustang flyer, 1/12/2013 9:23:24 PM (No. 9113368)
Really? Well who kept his time card, his sick leave, his vacation time??? Is there some fraud involved??? Seems to me that both jobs were done on a part time basis so why not downgrade both jobs to part time work? Not only employ TWO people but reduce the expense of the salaries by half...Who the heck were the ´part time´ supervisors and why should their inability to see the debacle not reflect on their ´supervisory´ ability???
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 1/12/2013 10:36:34 PM (No. 9113439)
Can´t deny he was ambitious. However, as a civil servant, he is getting health benefits at both jobs. At his age, it´s not cheap.
Why are there so many unemployed ? This man took two jobs. Many in this area working for the county and state have been on the job for 25 years or more; some up to 45 years. If they retired at twenty years, another person would have a job. Many retire from one job, collect pensions and start another civil service job. Think what this does to the pension system.
Try to remember he was also a cop.
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