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March 30, 2007
The Hand Job
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| The City of Chico is trying to fill the new position of Neighborhood Services Manager. I meant to mention this when I first saw the classified ad a few weeks ago. The salary for this position will be around $103,000 annually, with "additional merit-range maximum salary of $123,940 per year, based on performance." So I guess if you're hired you can earn over $100K, but if you do a good job you can make 25% more. I like it that they give you the "option" of working hard and doing well, or just being a crappy employee. Personally, I'd go for the lazy $100,000 since taking pride in your work is way overrated. With the median income per household in Chico at around $30,000 this is a pretty choice job. When benefits are added the job will cost taxpayers closer to $150K-$175K per year. The Neighborhood Services Manager might even be able to go toe-to-toe on the 1040 with some of our tenured Chico Staters. Just to put the amount of money in perspective we could buy 2.5 new giant hand sculptures with that money every year (that's 5 new hands annually, or 50 hands in 10 years). Imagine a giant hand garden in Bidwell Park! Maybe we're rushing into whole neighborhood planning thing a little too fast. Perhaps the hands would be a better "quality of life" investment. |
Posted by Lon at March 30, 2007 01:30 PM