Wow, our County Commissioners...............

[Tater]

gave us a whopping 3% COLA yesterday.

[retdetsgt]

Don't feel too bad. Per state law, I can only get a maximum of 2% per year on my pension.

[Cat_Doc]

We didn't get any COLA at all this budget year.

[Sierra]

Maricopa County didn't get anything, either.

[retdetsgt]

From what I understand, wages are going to be the big thing in my old union's negotiations this year. They've been getting pretty small raises the past 10 years and fallen behind. That won't affect me though, my pension is based on what I was making when I retired.

[MOCOP]

gave us a whopping 3% COLA yesterday.

Welcome to my world.....for the last 7 freakin years. Our's haven't decided between another three percent or nothing yet for this year.

[deputywave]

Ours gave raises to the brass and nada to the Deputies.

[Creeker]

Don't feel too bad. Per state law, I can only get a maximum of 2% per year on my pension.

Ditto, here... and medically retired guys have the option of flipping burgers part-time to supplement the State Retirement, lest they get greedy and work full-time, which disqualies them to collect the Retirement... :rolleyes:

Commie Bastards... :mad:

[ChesCopPodz]

I got 4% at my current dept


The switch to my new dept will result in a 26% jump

[phantasm]

Don't feel too bad. Per state law, I can only get a maximum of 2% per year on my pension.

Don't feel bad, once I retire I don't get a COLA on my pension.

[retdetsgt]

Don't feel bad, once I retire I don't get a COLA on my pension.

Now that sucks big time! So if you live 30 more years, your pension will always be the same???:mad:

[GoDirectly2Jail]

I got a 2% COLA in July, and expect my merit increase next month to be 6%, so 8% overall.

Last July I got the exact same thing, so 16% in two years. Guess I can't complain...

[retdetsgt]

I got a 2% COLA in July, and expect my merit increase next month to be 6%, so 8% overall.

Last July I got the exact same thing, so 16% in two years. Guess I can't complain...

Merit raise?:confused: We don't get no steeking merit raise.:eek:

[Cat_Doc]

They did not take away our merit increase, otherwise known as longevity pay, due on your hire anniversary, but the COLA was frozen due to the economic downturn. The only people hurt on this one are those who are “topped out” on the merit scale.

They did make a promise to adjust appropriately once the economy recovers.

This happened to me for a few years in a row when that twit Carter was president, but the city made good by giving a rather large across the board raise once the national economy recovered.

We shall see.

[retdetsgt]

They did not take away our merit increase, otherwise known as longevity pay, due on your hire anniversary, but the COLA was frozen due to the economic downturn.

Oh, yeah we finally got longevity pay. I was lucky that we got in our contract early enough before I retired that it increased my pension. We top out at 25 years so I got a pretty good raise.

I could only imagine the incestuous situations we'd have if we had true merit raises....:eek: